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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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Commentary on Software AG/webMethods Acquisition
InfoQ had a chance to talk to Anne Thomas Manes, research director with Burton Group, about Software AG's acquisition of webMethods.
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Software AG Acquires webMethods
Software AG has announced its (planned) acquisition of webMethods, Inc., for approximately $546 million. The new company aims to become a major player in the crowded SOA vendor arena.
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Enunciate: Java code-first, compiled-contract WS deployment framework
enunciate 1.0, a J2EE web service deployment framework that provides a complete development-to-deployment system for creating SOAP, REST, and JSON endpoints, was released last week. enunciate is not a web service stack like Axis2 or XFire. Rather, it uses XFire and Spring to provide a code-first development model (not in itself novel) that enforces compatibility contracts at compile time.
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Opinion: Steve Jones's SOA Vendor Ratings
Steve Jones has written a blog entry where assesses the main SOA vendors' offerings, including IBM, BEA, Oracle, SAP, Sun, and Microsoft, using a wide range of categories.
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Interview with Sanjiva Weerawarana: Debunking REST/WS-* Myths
InfoQ had a chance to talk to WS-* expert and WSO2 CEO Sanjiva Weerawarana, one of the fathers and a firm advocate of the WS-* architectural vision, we questioned him on the WS-* platform and his views on Microsoft's role in standardization. Sanjiva also took the opportunity to address "WS-* and REST myths".
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GigaSpaces 5.2: Adds support for Spring, .NET, local-views
GigaSpaces this month released version 5.2 of their in-memory datagrid and space-based architecture suite, now bringing it's capabilities to the .NET world, as well as adding support for Spring, SQL-based continuous queries and local-views, and special support for "slow consumers". InfoQ spoke to GigaSpaces CTO Nati Shalom to find out more.
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Apache Axis2 1.1 Released
Version 1.1 of Axis2, the Apache Web services stack, has been released, including significantly improved documentation and support for POJO and Spring services and clients.
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ESB Technology Goes Open Source
Backed by Hummer Winblad and Morgenthaler ventures to the tune of $4M dollars, CEO Dave Rosenberg and Mule ESB Open Source Leader Ross Mason are ready to take on the biggest ESB players with their Open Source ESB strategy. But not only are other ESB companies waiting, but the field is already crowded with other Open Source options.
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InfoQ Article: An Introduction to WS-Reliable Messaging
Web Services Reliable Messaging 1.1 is available as a new draft version of the OASIS specification originally released by Microsoft, IBM, BEA and others. WS-RM ensures messages can be delivered reliable over unreliable protocols such as HTTP. Paul Fremantle, co-chair of the OASIS technical committee, provides an introduction.
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Understanding SOA Governance
Lori MacVittie has written an excellent introductory article to SOA governance, including an overview of relevant standards and the different kinds of product offerings.
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SOA Software and WSO2 Bring in VC Money
Draper Fisher leads an $11 Million investment round in SOA Software. Intel Capital, the Venture arm of the Santa Clara chipmaker has invested $4 Million dollars in WSO2, an open source software company.
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Behind Tungsten: New Open Source Web Services Platform
WSO2 last week released Tungsten, an Apache license web services appserver platform that supports all the components of the WS-* stack and provides an integrated, tested runtime combining all the key components of the Apache Web Services stack. Tungsten apps can be written as POJOs or via direct programmatic access to XML using AXIOM or the STAX API (The Streaming API for XML).
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Grid Computing Overview
Tim Bray, co-inventor of XML and high profile blogger, has posted a useful overview of alternatives for Grid Computing, including the Web services-based OSGA.