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CAPE CLEAR SOFTWARE SECURES $15 MILLION IN SERIES D FUNDING

InterWest Partners Leads Round; Funding to Support ESB Provider's Growth and Global Expansion.

Friday, April 21, 2006

STRIKEIRON NAMED “COOL VENDOR” BY LEADING ANALYST FIRM

Vendors selected for the 'Cool Vendor' report are innovative, impactful and intriguing.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

XWEBSERVICES, INC. RELEASES V2 OF ITS UNIFORM RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN APPLICATION WEB SERVICE

XWeb1003 is an XML SOAP based Web Service which provides integration and management of the Uniform Residential Mortgage Loan Application (Form 1003) to client applications. The new version of the Web Service features a Contract-First design and WS-Security for authentication/authorization – a perfect addition to any Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) application.

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

ABOVE ALL ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR MICROSOFT’S TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE FOR HEALTH PLANS

Composite application technology will reduce operational costs while improving member satisfaction and provider interactions.

Monday, April 17, 2006

STRIKEIRON OFFERS FREE MARKETPLACE EDITION OF ONDEMAND FOR MICROSOFT EXCEL ADD-IN

Drag and drop solution integrates StrikeIron Marketplace Web services directly into Microsoft Excel creating 'live' workbooks.

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

INFRAVIO AND FORUM SYSTEMS TEAM ON SOA

Integration with Forum Systems strengthens Infravio's position as a preferred vendor of SOA Governance Solutions

Monday, April 10, 2006

CAPE CLEAR SOFTWARE SHORT-LISTED AS A FINALIST FOR THE "RED HERRING 100 NORTH AMERICA" AWARDS

The Most-Promising Technology Ventures Will Be Honored at The Red Herring Spring 2006 CEO Summit.

Thursday, April 06, 2006

XWEBSERVICES, INC. LAUNCHES VERSION 2 OF ITS EMAIL VALIDATION WEB SERVICE – XWEBEMAILVALIDATION

XWebEmailValidation is an XML/SOAP based Web Service which validates Email addresses for client applications. The new version of the Web Service features a Contract-First design and WS-Security for authentication/authorization – a perfect addition to any Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) application.

Sunday, April 02, 2006

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IF SOA LOOKS HARD TO YOU, YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT WRONG

Samuel Johnson once said that he was astonished one day to come to the realization that he had been speaking prose all his life without realizing it. Similarly, we in the software industry often attach weighty meanings to what should be simple words and concepts

Saturday, April 29, 2006

SOA'S ORPHAN STANDARD WS-POLICY FINDS A HOME AT W3C

After more than three years, WS-Policy, the Web services specification considered key to providing the loose coupling required in SOA, finally found a standards body home at the W3C on Wednesday afternoon

Thursday, April 27, 2006

SOA FUELING NEW IT FRENZY

Remember "Internet time" when companies ranging from Microsoft to the corner copy shop were rushing to catch the Web wave? One analyst sees it coming back, except now it might be called SOA time.

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

BRIDGING THE IT-BUSINESS GAP WITH BPM AND SOA (PART II)

Second in a commentary series from Zygmunt Jackowski.

Monday, April 24, 2006

CAN THERE BE TOO MUCH SOA?

Web services and SOA aren't the same thing; Web services is one way to get to the goals of SOA. Launched by the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C), Web services is a set of standards that combine to create the path to SOA, a path that would be standardized enough for all to follow. With Web services, SOA solutions that would likely be as diverse as SOA definitions could converge on a single dazzling path

Monday, April 24, 2006

THE TOP-FIVE MYTHS ABOUT SOA

Service-oriented architecture is fast becoming the way for companies to knit together applications and processes in a flexible, reusable and cost-effective way. Perhaps as a result, SOA is also fast becoming one of the most over-hyped areas in IT

Monday, April 24, 2006

TWO SOA PROJECTS THAT CAN PAY FOR THEMSELVES IN SIX MONTHS

Why is that possible?

Friday, April 21, 2006

ORACLE TARGETS TELECOM PROVIDERS

Oracle made another move to target telecommunications providers Tuesday, unveiling plans for a telecom service delivery platform (SDP).

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

BLENDING DISCOVERY, GOVERNANCE, SECURITY, AND MANAGEMENT IN SOA AND WEB SERVICES

Left unchecked, SOA's flexibility will result in chaos

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

WHY ACHIEVING SOA QUALITY CAN BE SO DIFFICULT

The forgotten footnote in today's SOA-driven journals, articles and discussion is the notion of software quality. Without quality of an application, the inherent benefits of service-oriented architecture -- to better respond to customers, improve business agility and reduce application development costs -- are lost.

Monday, April 17, 2006

BRIDGING THE IT-BUSINESS GAP WITH BPM AND SOA (PART I)

First in a commentary series from Zygmunt Jackowski.

Sunday, April 16, 2006

ACHIEVING QUALITY WITH SOA

To ensure secure, reliable, compliant service-oriented architectures the quality process must morph towards the process we observe in real-time or embedded systems.

Sunday, April 16, 2006

HP UPS THE SOA ANTE

Hewlett-Packard Co. this week added another layer to its budding Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) initiative by unveiling new industry frameworks designed to help companies adopt and more readily re-architect their business systems

Friday, April 14, 2006

LOOSE THE SERVICES

Enterprise service bus (ESB) systems and process management will release what's holding back the business potential of SOA

Thursday, April 13, 2006

TAKE STEADY, BALANCED APPROACH TO SOA, EXECS SAY

Helvetia Patria Group eBusiness Center chief Didier Beck said it's vital to ensure a balance between business and technology needs from the get-go

Thursday, April 13, 2006

HOW MUCH IS THAT SOA IN THE WINDOW?, PART 3

This is the third and final part of a series focused on how service-oriented architecture is changing the financial landscape of the software industry. The change in how software is being adopted and packaged was the topic in Part 1 of the series. How vendors are experimenting with different pricing and packaging models to better fit the SOA world was the topic in Part 2 of the series

Thursday, April 13, 2006

BPEL PROCESSES AND HUMAN WORKFLOW

Using BPEL in business processes that require human interaction

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

HP TARGETS SOA MARKET

The frameworks are aimed at the financial services, public sector, and manufacturing/distribution segments

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

SOA GOVERNANCE - GAINING FLEXIBILITY AND RETAINING CONTROL

Avoiding chaos

Monday, April 10, 2006

SOA PLANNING: SIZING UP YOUR BUSINESS PROCESSES

Before SOA, says Sandy Carter, IBM's vice president of SOA and WebSphere strategy, "you could do all this wonderful mapping of processes, but the underlying technology didn't exist to support any major changes in the process. Now I.T. has the technology to offer services on a business activity basis, whereas before it was on a technical subtask. Process is becoming that common vocabulary that exists between the business and I.T."

Monday, April 10, 2006

THE INTEGRATION EDUCATION CRISIS

Michael Kuhbock recommends curing the ails of the industry with common sense collaboration.

Sunday, April 09, 2006

WE MUST SIMPLIFY SOA

Utility computing has been on most companies' radar for a couple of years now and the major competitors in the market have been playing their respective cards with differing amounts of success

Friday, April 07, 2006

HOW MUCH IS THAT SOA IN THE WINDOW?, PART 2

This is the second part of a series focused on how service-oriented architecture is changing the financial landscape of the software industry

Thursday, April 06, 2006

THOUGHTS FROM THE INTEGRATION CONSORTIUM: WHICH ROAD TO SOA PARADISE?

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a subject occupying the minds of many companies across the world

Thursday, April 06, 2006

COMPANIES GET THE SCOOP ON SOA

Top managers will buy SOA pitches if the projects eliminate redundancy and provide security, IT manager panelists tell InformationWeek Spring Conference attendees

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

SOA: LET'S TALK ABOUT SHARING, NOT REUSE

I've gradually become aware, over the past weeks, that I—and a lot of other people—have fallen down a bit of a rabbit-hole when it comes one aspect of SOA

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

IBM INTRODUCES A NEW SOA WEB SERVICES, AJAX PLAY

The new release takes advantage of AJAX to create a more responsive user environment

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

IBM OFFERS SOA WEB SERVICES "ENTRY POINTS"

Complex SOA Strategy Announced

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

IT MANAGERS PONDER SOA PLANS

Opinions differ about service-oriented architecture: is poised for mass uptake or still mired in hype?

Monday, April 03, 2006

SOA TOP OF MIND BUT NOT TOP OF BUDGET: IDC

While IT executives can see the benefits of a service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach, minimal budgets and a lack of mature technology are holding back adoption, according to the research house

Monday, April 03, 2006

IBM ANNOUNCES 31 SOA PRODUCTS, INCLUDING AJAX PORTAL

In an effort to speed implementation of service-oriented architecture among its customers, IBM today announced 11 new products and 20 enhancements to its WebSphere-based software as well as beefed up consulting services to be rolled out over the next six months

Monday, April 03, 2006

ORACLE VERSUS SAP: THE GATHERING SOA STORM

Forrester peeks into the future of enterprise applications, and discovers that it's up to the customers

Monday, April 03, 2006

IBM SEEKS TO ENABLE MORE SOA DEPLOYMENTS

IBM today announced new software and services to help customers to quickly and easily take advantage of the growing marketplace trend towards service oriented architecture (SOA).

Monday, April 03, 2006

WHY SOA IS IMPORTANT TO YOUR BI SOLUTIONS

Challenging market conditions, competitive pressures and new technologies are leading many companies to re-evaluate the way they purchase, deploy, manage and use business applications

Saturday, April 01, 2006

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