Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) projects have evolved. A couple of years
ago it would have been sufficient to demonstrate connectivity between systems
that were previously isolated. Nowadays these connections must provide
guarantees of reliability, security, and performance. Delivering on such
requirements presents a number of challenges.
Not all of the challenges faced during an SOA project are technical. However,
it's the technical requirements that are best understood and most often
explicitly stated as requirements. Other issues relate to the changes
required in the way IT operations are organized in a company. While it's
often the technical challenges that are focused on in the early projects,
many organizations are discovering that this approach doesn't make fo... (more)
The concept of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) existed long before the
current set of Web Services standards. However, it's the widespread adoption
of these standards that has enabled the idea of SOA to enter the mainstream
and to start delivering the level of connectivity and savings it has promised
for so long. Now that SOA has hit the mainstream, some are attempting to show
how ... (more)
Software is now increasingly provided as a service; in other words, it is now
offered as a hosted application that users access through Web browsers. Many
companies see this as an effective way of outsourcing some of their IT
requirements. However, they face an increasing number of integration issues
as part of this strategy. Many are turning to ESBs for a solution.
As the use of Software... (more)
James Pasley is chief technology officer at Cape Clear Software. As CTO, James is Cape Clear's lead technologist and is responsible for ensuring that Cape Clear's enterprise service bus (ESB) technology supports the evolving needs of the company's global customer base. Contact him at james.pasley@capeclear.com.
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