Development of service-oriented environments is an evolutionary process for organizations of all sizes. The architecture and design decisions made by system architects and developers will impact manageability and flexibility of service infrastructures. Efficient...

SOA is mostly associated to technologies such as BPEL, SCA and Web Services. But does SOA really imply these technologies? In this session we will show how you can use the service oriented approach while staying inside the Java world. jBPM is a powerful lightweigh...

Dramatic industry changes - including vendor consolidation, outsourcing and the growth of open source - highlight the need for a better way. When a SOA implementation costs too much, the culprit is often the old-fashioned, proprietary and expensive server or hub-b...

Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) can deliver tremendous value in flexibility, adaptability and cost savings. But SOA environments are complex by definition, with lots of loosely coupled components and a potentially vast combination of platforms, software, da...

This session will investigate what is happening out there in the world of Mobility that uses Services, some are calling this MOA (Mobile Oriented Architecture). We will also discuss architectures, application design & considerations for mobility

Adoption of federated identity technology has been slower than the hype might indicate, despite the maturity of standards such as SAML 2.0 and Web Services Security. This presentation examines the distinct business and technical identity management issues in both ...

Depending on your perspective, SOA and virtualization are either synergistic or threaten increased complexity. This session will explain how implementing the right network architecture can make the most of both, promoting agility and reducing complexity. 'Service ...

Popular assumptions can often be dangerous. We will start by considering how the many unique architectural characteristics of SOA, such as loose-coupling, can actually be a two-edged sword affecting the requirements, nature and success of many important aspects of...

The SOA Consortium announced that HP, a founding member of the SOA Consortium, has increased its support by becoming a Sponsor. The SOA Consortium is an advocacy group of end users, service providers and technology vendors committed to helping the Global 1000, maj...

Crosscheck Networks launched SOAPSimulator, a service simulation product for SOA developers and testers. SOAPSimulator enables SOA professionals to reduce project expense and duration and deliver interoperable and secure Service Oriented Architecture. SOAPSimula...

Ken Vollmer, a Forrester analyst who has assisted hundreds of clients in North America & Europe with their integration projects and is a thought leader in the space, joins SYS-CON's Jeremy Geelan and Russell Scherwin from Sterling Commerce on Tuesday April 15 to d...

XAware announced that Active Endpoints and Appcelerator have joined the XAware Ecosystem. Together, these three technology vendors offer customers a combination of open, standards-based systems that provide broad, enterprise-class solutions. The XAware Ecosystem g...

AmberPoint announced that its SOA Management System has been named Product of the Year in the Service Management/Monitoring category by SearchSOA.com. This is the latest in a series of honors for AmberPoint software. In March 2008, AmberPoint was ranked the best S...

Exploring the boundaries between the Enterprise and the Internet, this talk focuses on Architectural approaches from the service pattern, process pattern and event pattern to help SOA practitioners understand topics such as Web 2.0, AJAX, SaaS, Social Networks and...

SOA Software announced that SOLA, its flagship mainframe SOA product, has reached the five year mark in running reliably high volume production environments. During this period SOLA has not been responsible for a single production outage, despite handling tens of ...

TIBCO announced that by adopting its integration and messaging solutions, Postbank AG has implemented EU guidelines set by MiFID (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive. After an evaluation process, Postbank Systems selected TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks an...

OpenSpan announced that OpenSpan and Project Brokers have entered into a strategic agreement whereby Project Brokers will become a certified OpenSpan partner for Europe. Project Brokers will leverage the OpenSpan Platform to accelerate SOA and application integrat...

WebLayers launched an automated governance solution for mainframes. An extension of WebLayers' flagship solution, WebLayers Center for z/OS empowers enterprises to take a comprehensive approach to governance as they transition to a Service Oriented Architecture ...

IBM announced new services and advanced tools to help customers better focus on the architectural decisions when implementing a service oriented architecture (SOA). A recent study of SOA engagements by the IBM Academy of Technology found that the chief cause for...

Nastel announced that its flagship AutoPilot M6 Suite of software products has achieved IBM's SOA Specialty Certification. IBM SOA Specialty Certification means that the AutoPilot M6 suite of products has been tested by IBM technical certification teams and has be...

David Linthicum, the highly popular SOA thought leader and practitioner, will be keynoting in New York City in June at SOAWorld Conference & Expo 2008 East. 'While everyone wants to do SOA right the first time, the typical results are not always stellar,' says Lin...

SynerG Software announced a unified business application that the company stated will help organizations contain IT costs and increase operational efficiency. SynerG allows business users to access real-time information and logic from multiple enterprise systems t...

BEA Systems announced the availability of BEA AquaLogic Commerce Services 6.0, a product designed to help increase online sales, store efficiency and profitability while providing the flexibility to accommodate growth and help businesses quickly adapt to market ch...

BEA Systems announced that Synapse Group has implemented a service-oriented architecture (SOA)-based self-service solution for magazine subscribers on BEA technology. Synapse specializes in marketing through affinity programs. Synapse enables companies such as cre...

Solix Technologies announced that TIBCO has successfully implemented Solix Enterprise Data Management Suite (Solix EDMS) for Oracle database archiving to reduce the overall size of their production database, increase application performance and lower total cost of data ownership.

StrikeIron announced that David Linthicum will take the helm as company CEO. Linthicum will be responsible for continuing to drive the company's position as the frontrunner in delivering critical Web services and data, on demand, for the emerging next-generation I...

Although official ISO confirmation is first due tomorrow, Microsoft's Open XML appears to have won approval as an ISO/IEC Standard. According to documents available on the Internet, 86 percent of all voting national body members support ISO/IEC standardization, we...

IONA announced the launch of Artix Connect for WCF (Windows Communication Foundation). Artix Connect for WCF enables Global 2000 customers to optimize their investments in Microsoft technology and extend connectivity with legacy applications from within the Micros...

Rogue Wave announced the results of a global survey of software developers to determine the role C++-based applications will play in their future IT plans. Given that service-oriented architecture (SOA) spending is expected to grow 60 percent per year, Rogue Wav...

MuleSource announced the availability for download of Mule RESTpack. More and more developers are now building distributed applications based on the underlying software architecture of the Web, known as representational state transfer (REST). Providing a way to crea...

AgilePath announced the appointment of two technology executives to its management team. Mr. Umesh Vemuri has joined AgilePath Corporation as Chief Technology Officer for its Federal Government business unit. In this role, Mr. Vemuri will spearhead AgilePath's ove...

Development of service-oriented environments is an evolutionary process for organizations of all sizes. The architecture and design decisions made by system architects and developers will impact manageability and flexibility of service infrastructures. Efficient...

SOALogix announced the availability of its Confero EPM (Enterprise Project Management) integration appliance. Encapsulating best-practices gained from hundreds of projects, Confero EPM solves pressing project management-related business and IT challenges associa...

IDV Solutions announced that a new, independent research report by ZapThink discusses IDV Solutions location-based enterprise mashup software and its ability to enable users to flexibly mash up data important to an organization, increasing the value of their SOA initiatives.

According to a recent report published by The 451 Group, 2009 is the year that will see attention on the delivery to mobile devices of business intelligence from enterprise applications - particularly those utilizing the 'service-oriented' software architecture ...

Enough national standards bodies, so reports circulating the Web today are saying, changed their vote at the last minute, including Norway, Denmark, and the UK, to ensure that Microsoft's OOXML is likely to be approved today by ISO - the International Organization for Standardization.

BEA Systems announced that it was selected by Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) to join the solution delivery team for the Defense Information Systems Agency's (DISA) Service-Oriented Architecture Foundation (SOAF) program. CSC, in partnership with BEA, Raythe...

BEA Systems announced that Procter & Gamble implemented a service-oriented architecture (SOA) powered by BEA technologies. The SOA powers a new on-line workspace at Procter & Gamble. It has been designed to help improve and support decision making while increasi...

AmberPoint announced that Yphise ranked AmberPoint SOA Management System the best overall 'Service Monitoring and Management (SMM)' solution. Yphise conducted a hands-on review of runtime SOA governance solutions from AmberPoint, Actional, SOA Software and TIBCO to ...

Woolworths has invested further in its supply chain redevelopment program by adding sophisticated Business Process Management (BPM) capabilities. Woolworths is also investing in an SOA registry and governance platform to underpin its overall corporate move towards...