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SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA)
Insurers are discovering that a service-oriented architecture -- guided by the right governance and cultural change management strategies -- can deliver on SOA's promise of a more agile IT organization.
Virtualization 2.0 will go beyond server consolidation, making applications more agile and scalable to fit a service-oriented architecture.
An enterprise service bus aligned with a service-oriented architecture can keep business processes flexible. Here's how to see through the hype on this new and complex technology and make the right choices.
MedicAlert, the venerable maker of medical ID bracelets, is implementing a service-oriented architecture with Web apps capable of linking to systems in a variety of health-care settings. It's an IT-driven transformation that may put the company on the leading edge of health-care data storage.
All but the smallest service-oriented architecture will eventually need dedicated management. We evaluated suites from Actional and SOA Software. Both were on the money.
If you're serious about your service-oriented architecture -- and you'd better be -- you must get your services under control. An SOA management suite can give you the power to enforce operational policies.
Your service-oriented architecture must be flexible enough to support changing business strategies and disciplined enough to enforce polices as well as maximize re-use of services. We examine the SOA governance market and show you how to evaluate a registry/repository.
As service-oriented architectures move into the IT mainstream, can appliances reduce complexity? We'll find out in our latest Rolling Review.
Microsoft was an early promoter of Web services but let others take the lead with SOA. Now it's back, looking to converge SOA with BPM and dominate extranet integration.
When it comes to your service-oriented architecture, do you really need an ESB, management, governance and specialized security? And how do you choose a vendor partner wisely? Which components are a must and which will become monsters to manage? We delve into the SOA infrastructure, defining components, products and functions you need for effective deployment.
Vendors from previously separate markets are jockeying to provide SOA solutions, each claiming to offer the architecture's most important component, whether that be management, security, development tools, or the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), the middleware that distinguishes an SOA from standalone Web services. Once this overall context has been established, the incumbent IT architecture and application portfolio should be evaluated for SOA inclusion and support, and new SOA solutions should...
After much trial and error, MedicAlert's development team has its service-oriented architecture initiative on a healthy course. The initial result is a USB device that lets patients manage their own personal medical information -- an advancement that could revolutionize the health records field.
A service-oriented architecture that lets Washington Group International unite common practices across its wide range of businesses is the perfect fit for this global engineering, construction and management services firm. Find out what WGI has learned from its integration project.
Business processes will continue to drive application initiatives, while businesses themselves will rely on enterprise architectures to integrate their apps with processes.
We built a service-oriented architecture in our NWC Inc. business apps lab for our fictional widget manufacturer. Find out what we learned.
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