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SOA Worst Practices

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:00:00 EST

The world would be a better place if everyone would just do the right thing. Unfortunately, doing the right thing is often easier said than done. Especially in business ideas that seem to have the most promise can actually yield the worst results.

The Challenges of SOA

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EDT

The Challenges of SOA

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EDT

'Our processes are bulletproof. Nothing gets into production that doesn't go through the proper and complete approval process.' Famous last words uttered by far too many enterprise architects. Some of them actually believe it's true - others think that by hoping it's true, maybe, just maybe, they can make it true.The reality, as any line-of-business developer can attest, is much less clear-cut. The challenge is that governance only gets harder the more an organization moves towards a service-based architecture.

Transitioning Successfully to SOA and Web Services

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:00:00 EST

This session will address how to approach SOA management from a project-based level while still allowing room for future expansion and incremental growth to an enterprise-wide SOA. It will provide valuable insight into how SOA management can help organizations ease the complexity of moving toward a loosely coupled environment.

How To Implement A Successful SOA Pilot Program

Mon, 26 Dec 2005 09:45:00 EST

Day by day, company by company, IT organization by IT organization, today's enterprise is busy architecting for business-solution agility and the alignment of key assets around the emerging service-oriented architecture (SOA) umbrella. The ability to embrace SOA leads to the ability to rapidly capitalize on future IT investments and leverage existing technologies both inside and outside of your organization. Many organizations will struggle as they seek to identify, implement, and build on their first SOA forays into the new environment.

SOA Command and Control

Fri, 18 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST

One of the ongoing challenges for business today is finding ways to do more with less. Companies are under relentless pressure to deliver products and services to market faster, better and cheaper than ever before. Investments in information technology are expected to drive the business forward, not only in terms of gaining efficiencies and increasing responsiveness, but in creating new top-line opportunities.

WS Security Track - Transitioning Successfully to SOA and Web Services: Building the Infrastructure for SOA Growth

Wed, 15 Dec 2004 00:00:00 EST

This session will address how to approach service-oriented architecture (SOA) management from a project-based level while still allowing room for future expansion and incremental growth to an enterprise-wide SOA.

Who Owns Web Services Management?

Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:00:00 EDT

When I tell customers that my company does Web services management, the question I often hear is 'so what do you mean by Web services management?' It's no wonder there's so much confusion on this issue, because the term 'management' has been used to mean many different things.

XML Acceleration: The Truth Behind the Myths - Don't assume that bandwidth and processing will be problems

Wed, 03 Dec 2003 09:57:47 EST

As information technology professionals progress in their knowledge and use of XML and Web services, the question of XML performance persists. In hallway chats, one might hear that 'XML takes up too much bandwidth' or 'XML takes too many CPU cycles to process.'

Building Manageable Web Services from the Ground Up

Fri, 03 Oct 2003 11:11:18 EDT

Life is full of compromises, and application development is no exception to the rule. So, when that project deadline is looming (and it always is) you are faced with three options:

Accelerating the Adoption of Web Services in Your Enterprise

Fri, 24 May 2002 00:00:00 EDT

You've just gone to your CIO with a plan to implement your IT organization's high-profile B2B 'Project X' using Web services. Your CIO patiently listens while you explain the benefits of using third-party Web services as part of your mission-critical infrastructure, how contracts will be negotiated electronically without the need for pesky legal departments, how everyone will outsource all their security and management to providers they never need to meet in person, and how applications will dynamically assemble and modify themselves as your needs change.