James Pasley

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 ... (more)

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. ... (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 ... (more)