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This week, the world of SOA was dominated by the Oracle's launch of the latest version of Oracle Fusion Middleware, and of course, ebizQ was all over the story. We looked at Oracle SOA Suite 11g, and Tony Baer provided... Read More..

I've been meaning to round up what was another spectacular run of bursts of brilliance here at the ebizQ site around SOA and things closely associated with SOA. ebizQ contibutor James Taylor, for one, blogged on the trend toward user-developed... Read More..

For many attendees at the recent SOA Summit held in Scottsdale, Arizona, service oriented architecture was not some arcane, theoretical approach for which they needed technical reprogramming. Rather, it was an initiative that they were working with, on the ground,... Read More..

In one of his latest effervescent blog posts, Michael Poulin talked about the often confusing relationship between service component architecture (SCA) and SOA. Michael issued a warning about "another huge ambiguity," noting that SCA "is not a specification for implementation... Read More..

Forrester Research just issued a new report on the state of SOA, and suffice to say the analyst firm is quote bullish on SOA's prospects. Actually, while catchy, the title -- "SOA Is Far From Dead -- But It Should... Read More..

Last week's IBM IMPACT conference was packed full of sessions, but one I found really interesting was a panel of C-level execs led by Judith Hurwitz.Steve Pratt, CTO of CenterPoint Energy, an electric utility, said his company saw the need... Read More..

At a time when markets are being turned upside down, insight is golden. And real-time insight is even better.On Wednesday, May 13th, at Noon Eastern, I'll be hosting a live, rousing roundtable discussion on the opportunities around event processing, with... Read More..

The nine layers that go into an SOA Reference Architecture, as described in The SOA Source Book, by Dr. Chris Harding (of The Open Group):Operational Systems Layer: Existing application assets and other programs.Service Components Layer: Software components that help to... Read More..

The seven stages of SOA maturity, as described in The SOA Source Book, by Dr. Chris Harding (of The Open Group):1 - Silo: "Individual parts of the organization are developing their own software independently, with no integration of data, processes,... Read More..

Loraine Lawson, Dave Linthicum, and Dan Foody picked up on my recent post on measuring SOA, and provided additional insights to the whole question of service-oriented metrics.I like how Loraine described the post as the kick-off to the quarterly "how... Read More..