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Apache Tuscany Open Source SCA Implementation Approaches 1.0 Release
The Apache Tuscany team has released version 0.99 of its open source Service Component Architecture (SCA) implementation. InfoQ talked to Jean-Sebastien Delfino, one of the lead developers, about Tuscany, the parts of SCA that are missing, and the role of the assembly and programming models.
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Interview: Dino Chiesa on Microsoft's SOA Strategy
InfoQ talked to Dino Chiesa, Director of Marketing for .Net in the Connected Systems Division to better understand what's coming in .Net 3.5 for SOA, Microsoft's SOA strategy and how customers were using WCF.
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ESB-Oriented Architectures considered harmful
Bobby Woolf questions, with humor, the use of an ESB-Oriented Architecture approach when building a Service Oriented Architecture. This is an age old question that's worth revisiting in the light of the completion of WS-* standard stack.
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IBM affirms Restful SOA & dynamic languages with Project Zero
In a recent interview, IBM WebSphere CTO Jerry Cuomo affirms that REST has become a core focus for IBM with Project Zero, a new web application development framework continues the trend away from pure java and towards dynamic languages for web application development and also emphasizes RESTful service development.
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Microsoft announces the CTP3 of the ESB Guidance
Microsoft is releasing a new drop of its ESB Guidance (CTP3). The ESB guidance is a framework that runs on top of the BizTalk Server 2006 R2 and leverages WCF to provide ESB functionality (routing, transformation, validation,...).
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SOA and Software Appliances
One important trend in regard to SOA deployment options is virtualization. Virtualization is an important enabler of verstility and mobilty of services. A relatively new trend in the realm of virtualization is Software appliances, which can provide a viable option for packaging services for deployment.
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SAP NetWeaver Process Integration v7.1: a new architecture and enhanced SOA capabilities
SAP is ramping up for the launch of its latest version of the SAP NetWeaver Process Integration platform. Product Manager Sindhu Gangadharan said SAP NWPI v7.1 will be available next month. In an interview with Paul Read, she details the platform’s new capabilities.
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How Big Should A Service Be?
A recent Zapthink report discusses the granularity of services and how atomicity or composibility factor into the design. The result is a matrix that shows the potential trade-offs to be made when developing your services.
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SOA in the Real World
Microsoft has published a free eBook titled "Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) in the Real World". The book presents Microsoft's view of Service Oriented Architectures and contains several real world examples that show how a SOA can be implemented by using Microsoft products and technologies.
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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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SOA != Web Services
Many people seem to think that SOA and web-services are the same thing - but they are not. In a recent article Zapthink analyst tried to look at some of the causes for that and said it it was time to make the distinction between the terms more clear.
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Article: Bridging the gap between BI and SOA
Business intelligence (BI) and service-oriented architecture (SOA) have conflicting principles and needs. "Bridging the gap between BI & SOA" demonstrates how to reconcile the differences
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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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BEA and Oracle incorporate Sun's Project Tango
Both Oracle and BEA have incorporated Sun's Web Services stack, Project Tango. Sun are keen to publicize the fact that it is being worked on in open source. Do either of these factors make Tango a force to be reckoned with or will this be another example of Sun trailing behind the pack?
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Is Open Source the way ahead for SOA?
Dana Gardner cites several recent announcements as further proof that there is close synergy between open source and SOA. Will SOA adoption be better driven through the open source path?