Making use of distributed computing, such as service-oriented architecture (SOA) and integrated Web application services, means greater complexity and security design challenges for organizations and ...

SOA is about more than interoperability. SOA is about more than integration. SOA is more than Web services, but Web services still offers the least path of resistance to SOA No argument there. SOA ...

My colleague over at ebizQ, Gian Trotta, recently sat down with Randy Heffner of Forrester Research to talk about some of the misconceptions that are sabotaging efforts to build out service-oriented ...

Cities and states tap a new IP-centric approach to data sharing. In Chicago, a major hurdle has been convincing agencies that the upfront investment will be worth the savings Web services will ...

SAP SOA is now a mainstream architectural strategy being followed by SAP customers for providing future proof integration to SAP and non-SAP systems. However, customers are not clear on the SAP SOA ...

In my last newsletter, I discussed the growing generation gap between Enterprise Service Bus platforms from established vendors such as Oracle and Tibco and the new breed of modular products being ...

Organizations that have implemented service-oriented architectures (SOAs) recognize SOA as a paradigm shift that illustrates how to bridge the gap between fast-changing business requirements and what ...

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Service-oriented architecture (SOA) initiatives promise to cause management challenges for IT managers looking to ensure application performance and exceptional IT service delivery. Network World ...

Pitfalls aplenty going SOA: A service-oriented architecture's efficiency has often been more of a priority than SOA security. Vendors, however, are compensating with new Web services security features ...

Software designers and developers are being challenged to build efficient security measures into their project work as computing is increasingly distributed via Web application services and ...