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SOA Maturity Model: Guiding and Accelerating SOA Success by Oracle Corporation
This paper outlines the Oracle SOA Maturity Model and explains how the model is used to accelerate SOA adoption by identifying specific capabilities that are either completely lacking or which are lagging with respect to the other capabilities necessary for...
Own your process, own your information, own your business with SOA by IBM
management, information management and SOA governance across the enterprise is critical to SOA success. It also presents real-world examples of IBM customers that have done so and are now reaping the benefits of SOA, including service reuse, business agility and business...
Get Serious About SOA Governance: A Five-Step Action Plan for Executives by Oracle Corporation
successful service-oriented architecture (SOA) transformations and what you need to do to make yours one of them.

Whether your organization’s service-oriented architecture (SOA) has 50 services being used by one customer, or 50 customers using one service, you need SOA...
Quick Start Guide – Oracle SOA Suite 11g by Oracle Corporation
this white paper, Quick Start Guide for Oracle SOA Suite 11gR1, for an extensive look at how you can properly implement an Oracle service-oriented architecture (SOA) at your organization.

If you've decided to implement Oracle's service-oriented architecture (SOA), you're off to a good...
Get Serious About SOA Governance: A Five-Step Action Plan for Architects by Oracle Corporation
s service-oriented architecture (SOA) has 50 services being used by one customer, or 50 customers using one service, you need SOA governance; increased business agility depends on it.

Whether your organization's service-oriented architecture (SOA) has 50 services...
Preparing for Mission-Critical SOA with Next-Generation Governance Technologies by Oracle Corporation
Whether you are just embarking on an SOA program or expanding an existing initiative, the latest governance solutions can guide you along the path to demonstrable, measurable SOA success. Read this white paper now to see why there’s never been a better time to...
SOA Reference Architecture by ComputerWeekly.com

 

 

A Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) facilitates the creation of flexible, re-usable assets for enabling end-to-end business solutions. Increasingly, companies are adopting the principles and techniques associated with SOA for different types of projects in...
Right from the Start: SOA Lifecycle Governance by Oracle Corporation
the transformation to, and the evolution of, SOA. In particular, it explores the role of governance throughout the SOA lifecycle as well as the technology enablers that help organizations develop and maintain an SOA that delivers measurable, sustainable business value.

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SOA and Business Processes: Making the Connection by Oracle Corporation
Read this paper for a discussion of SOA Suite 11g, a family of products that take SOA to a new level and correct some of the problems caused by the very combination of components and multiplication of languages that make SOA a flexible, agile system.

What are the true...
SOA Governance - Framework and Best Practices by Oracle Corporation
system of service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance can make a difference during implementation.

Service-oriented architectures (SOAs) will make things possible for your business. Things like improved performance, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.  Important...
SCA: Bringing Modern SOA Programming to Tuxedo by Oracle Corporation
customers to quickly develop and compose SOA-based applications.

Oracle Tuxedo is one of the original service-oriented architecture (SOA) platforms with a simple programming model that lends itself to rapid development and easy reuse of services. By combining Tuxedo’s...
SOA Best Practices and Design Patterns: Key to Successful Service Oriented Architecture Implementation by Oracle Corporation
of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) relies on a careful and holistic approach to business planning. One of the most important tools in the evaluation, purchase, and ongoing use of SOA is this body of best practices that vendors, consultants, and customers have...
eBook: 100 SOA Questions by IBM
This book serves as an exhaustive guide to the SOA implementation journey, providing answers to 100 questions on topics ranging from the basics to highly specific areas like governance and information management.

An excerpt from the recently published 100 SOA Questions...
Right from the Start: SOA Lifecycle Governance by Oracle Corporation
the transformation to, and the evolution of, SOA.

Service-oriented architectures (SOAs) promise unlimited agility and organizational flexibility. However, achieving these benefits is entirely contingent upon the ability to effectively manage the SOA environment across...
Tuxedo in a SOA World: An Oracle White Paper by Oracle Corporation
Oracle Tuxedo is one of the original SOA platforms. Tuxedo services are location and implementation independent, adhere to a contract, and are interoperable with other Tuxedo services and other service oriented platforms.  Read this paper for more information about...
Unlocking the Mainframe: Modernizing Legacy Systems to a SOA by Oracle Corporation
Successful execution of an SOA strategy, combined with the release of the business value contained in legacy systems, can bring five proven benefits to the enterprise. Functioning as both a software development environment and a delivery framework, SOA...
Seven Steps to Successful SOA Governance by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
SOA governance is the framework that enables, measures, defines and enforces the rules for communication, collaboration and control across the enterprise and among IT and business decision-makers. This paper provides seven key...
3 Things Business Decision Makers Need To Know About SOA by IFS
know about service-oriented architecture (SOA) in order to be sure you are getting the most efficient and effective performance out of your enterprise application architecture.

Evaluating the effectiveness of your service-oriented (SOA) in your enterprise applications...
Unified SOA Tools Align Business and IT by Oracle Corporation
IT pros anticipate big gains from an integrated SOA suite that includes pre-integration with BPM technology. The top benefit: the ability to strategically align information technology with an enterprise’s business mission. Learn how global enterprises have achieved this goal...
Five Ways SOA Can Help Your Company Deploy More Agile & Adaptable Business Applications by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
a service-oriented architecture (SOA), particurally if your business id commited to increasing agility.

Service-oriencted architecture (SOA) can enhance integration across the organization and provide a consistent framework for creating, managing, rolling out...
SOA & Cloud: Successful Strategies from Early Adopters (mp3) by Oracle Corporation
integrate service-oriented architecture (SOA) and the cloud while lowering costs, increasing visibility, and improving business efficiency.

Rapid adoption of service-oriented architecture (SOA) for the cloud was a hot topic at a recent worldwide conference.  The steps an...
SOA & Cloud: Successful Strategies from Early Adopters (mp3) by Oracle Corporation
This podcast outlines the best way to integrate SOA and the cloud while lowering costs, increasing visibility, and improving business efficiency.

Rapid adoption of SOA for the cloud was a hot topic at a recent worldwide conference.  The steps an organization should take before...
Application Upgrades and Service Oriented Architecture by Oracle Corporation
Read this whitepaper to understand why and how SOA-enablement will reduce cost and risk of Application upgrades for your organization.

In a recent Forrester study, upgrades made the top concerns list of ERP customers together with Improving Integrations and Shifting the...
SOA Articles
Below are SearchSOA.com videos from June, 2009.

Rosamilia says iterative SOA can improve BPM
Tom Rosamilia speaks with SearchSOA.com Editor Jack Vaughan at a recent even in Orlando, Florida. Rosamilia explains how an iterative approach to SOA helps create... More...
Jun 24, 2009
are a little bit nebulous," he said of the Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 buzzwords that some vendors in the service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Software as a Service (SaaS) space use to market their products. But he is quick to agree that the SaaS business tools for project management and collaboration, which his company... More...
Oct 31, 2007
SOA News
SOA Software Inc. announced it has joined Microsoft's Business Process Alliance. As part of the partnership, SOA Software's Workbench and Service Manager... More...
Dec 4, 2007
Microsoft Windows developers working with Vista's XAML or ASP.NET AJAX may find they have performance problems with service-oriented architecture (SOA) applications, according to this article. It offers tips for unclogging networks and avoiding what the author terms "network-oriented angst (NOA... More...
Sep 17, 2007
i environments. It allows developers to apply data modeling to Web services across multiple platforms for building service-oriented architecture (SOA)-based business applications, the company said... More...
Jul 30, 2007
director, Macehiter Ward-Dutton. However, these and other vendors have a long way to go to reach the goal of semantic interoperability that he believes SOA requires... More...
May 3, 2007
This podcast led by analyst Dana Gardner explores these questions: How do SOA and Web 2.0 services come together? Are we entering an era where a variety of business services from a spectrum of sources contribute to and perhaps dominate... More...
Apr 24, 2007
Expert SOA Advice
The trick to SOA governance enforcement By Todd Biske
How can an enterprise architect enforce SOA governance without becoming the bad guy? The fear is that one can be seen as uncooperative and counterproductive if one... More...
Nov 22, 2010
When should you consider SOA governance tools? By Todd Biske
When should a company invest in a dedicated SOA governance tool, and when can an Enterprise Architect achieve good governance without additional investment?

The... More...

May 5, 2010
Can enterprise mashups leverage my firm's existing RSS assets? By Michael Ogrinz
tools let you take RSS feeds and output custom APIs against them. That's right—you can create a SOAP API that lets you query a feed as if it was a read-only data store. Or maybe you'd prefer a REST API that returns JSON.

RSS is essentially "SOA-light" in many organizations. What it lacks in rich functionality it makes up for in its ubiquity. At its core it's a simple... More...

Mar 18, 2010
Featured SOA Tips
Facing up to common architect-developer communications conundrums By Jack Vaughan
Among the host of new challenges facing SOA and other development efforts are some that are, well, traditional. A prime example is the familiar communications gap More...
Nov 16, 2010
Interview: Anne Thomas Manes outlines challenges to successful SOA By Alan Earls
Like the legendary comic, Rodney Dangerfield, 'SOA doesn't get any respect.' Burton Group have been leading an effort to rehabilitate SOA, most recently with a report on The More...
Nov 12, 2010
A view on W3C security standards for Web services By James Denman
across different corporate firewalls.

OASIS and W3C are the two major organizations most active in Web services and SOA security standards and protocols. These two organizations have a similar approach to Web services security, but there More...
Nov 11, 2010
Java White Papers
Oracle WebLogic Server: A Solid Foundation for Service-Oriented Architecture by Oracle Corporation
This paper discusses how Java EE 5 dramatically speeds the development of SOA applications and how enterprise developers can leverage its power by using Oracle WebLogic Server...
Extreme Performance, Predictable Scalability, and Continuous Availability for Mission-Critical Java Applications by Oracle Corporation
Find out how mainframe rehosting lets IT professionals spend more time and money on development rather than on maintaining aging systems. This free whitepaper explains how you can unlock the value of key business logic for integration and reuse and therefore create a more innovative IT environment. 

Find out how mainframe rehosting lets IT professionals spend more time and money on development rather than on maintaining aging systems. This free whitepaper explains how you...
SOA Definitions
cloud computing
and how the concept moves beyond what has been traditionally identified as grid computing. Grid applications and SOA infrastructures This expert answer details how the on-demand concept of grid computing dovetails with the creation of a service-oriented... More...
Dec 28, 2007