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WSO2 Releases Web Service Framework/C v1.0 and announces Mashup Server
WSO2 announced the release of WSF/C which is a C library used for producing and consuming web services in C. Similar releases exist for Java and PHP. They also announced a new product, the Mashup Server which will be a platform for creating, deploying, and consuming Web services Mashups.
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Are Cross-Service Transactions A Violation of the Autonomous Tenet of Service Orientation?
This question prompted a heated debate on MSDN in the wake of the release of the first web service transaction standard last May. Juval Löwy from IDesign, Arnon Rotem-Gal-Oz and others exchange their arguments as they answer the question.
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Interview: IBM SOA VP Sandy Carter
Sandy Carter, author of "SOA and Web 2.0", talks about SOA at the business level: how to think about SOA, SOA vs. BPM, how to sell SOA to management, why SOA will be more long lived than EAI, and IBM's view that SOA adoption is now in the early majority phase
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Apache Synapse 1.0 and WSO2 ESB 1.0 Released
<p></p> <p>The open source mediation platform Synapse 1.0 has been released, as well as a commercial ESB product which based on it. InfoQ spoke to WSO2's CTO and Synapse committer Paul Fremantle, about the details.</p>
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JBI 2.0 at JavaOne
Sun unveils JBI 2.0 technical committee which has its first face-to-face meeting at JavaOne and follows up with a full evening of JBI related events.
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Enter the Internet Service Bus
On April 24th Microsoft released the BizTalk Services CTP, taking the idea of an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) as as a means of discovering, connecting and federating services a step further and elevating it to the Internet Service Bus (ISB).
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IONA acquires LogicBlaze, supporters of ActiveMQ and ServiceMix ESB
LogicBlaze, the first venture funded/created by open source VC Simulalabs has been acquired by IONA, who offers the Artix enterprise ESB as well as Celtix, an open source ESB platform. LogicBlaze offered subscription support and training (as well as the development) behind the ActiveMQ project as well as ServiceMix ESB. InfoQ spoke to IONA and others to get the full details.
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JBoss ESB 4: SOA beyond SOAP/HTTP
JBoss has released a GA version of JBossESB 4.0, its open source ESB product. According to JBoss the ESB supports SOA concepts independently of Web services. InfoQ talked to JBossESB development manager Mark Little.
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Interview: Mule Founder Ross Mason on ESBs
Mule founder Ross Mason talks about the the role of the ESB, when to use and not to use ESBs, BPEL, and ESBs vs. integration brokers. Mule is an open source ESB and Ross discusses how people are using Mule and how it compares to commercial alternatives. Ross reveals that Mule got its name because it takes the donkey work out of integration projects.
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A Case Study on the Mule Enterprise Service Bus
TheServerSide has posted a case study on the Mule Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) by Eugene Ciurana. It covers such items as the installation of Mule, using it as a common JMS transport, and commercial support offerings.
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Apache Synapse Graduates from Incubator, Releases 0.91
The Apache Synapse project has been promoted from the Apache Incubator to a full member of the Apache Web Services project. Apache Synapse is a mediation framework for Web Services that allows messages flowing through, into, or out of an organization to be mediated. The Synapse team has just released 0.91 of the project.
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InfoQ Interview: Stefan Tilkov on SOA
In this interview, Stefan Tilkov talks about his views about SOA, including the definition and role of SOA in general, different styles of implementing it, its applications in the real world, and the role of ESBs. Stefan consults on SOA with the Fortune 1000 and has very practical views on the matter.
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IONA Announces Celtix Enterprise
IONA has announced Celtix Enterprise, its ESB offering based on open source products. InfoQ talked to IONA's CTO, Eric Newcomer, about the technical aspects of the release as well as the business implications.
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ESB: A Modest Proposal
SOA expert John Harby proposes an alternative structure for the ESB which is more distributed, federated, registry centric and solves some of the concerns raised about the bus topology for SOA including vendor lock-in, ESB feature overkill and the emergence of a new architectural stovepipe.
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ChainBuilder ESB Alpha
Bostech has released an alpha version of ChainBuilder, another entry into the ESB market. ChainBuilder is based on JBI and includes a graphical design tool for Eclipse.