Can EA and SOA Get Along?

Here is good information on Enterprise Architecture provides a management framework that SOA can leverage. Read more on http://weblog.infoworld.com/realworldsoa/archives/2007/07/can_ea_and_soa.html

From infoworld, IBM announcing eight industry-specific roadmaps for SOA. The eight roadmaps detail an implementation framework for six specific industries: banking, insurance, retail and manufacturing, and two each for telecommunications and healthcare. read more at http://weblog.infoworld.com/realworldsoa/archives/2007/07/ibm_pushes_busi.html

Common Data Model

Here is a good reading on maximizing the benefits of SOA amounts to maximizing the reuse of your services by the largest set of consumers possible. Read more at http://weblog.infoworld.com/realworldsoa/archives/2007/07/more_on_the_com.html

Where have all the SOA Standards Gone?

According to Dave Linthicum SOA standards just does not seem to be driving the decisions as it once did. This is an interest blog. Read more at http://weblog.infoworld.com/realworldsoa/archives/2007/07/where_have_all.html

Open Source Solution

According to Rajith Attapattu, Senior Software Engineer, Red Hat and Paul Fremantle, Cofounder and VP of Technology, WSO2. Apache Synapse is the open source alternative to proprietary Enterprise Service Buses (ESBs) costs less and requires less effort.Synapse is a simple XML and Web services management and integration broker that can form the basis of an SOA and Enterprise Service Bus (ESB). Furthermore, provides an approach to SOA that can expose existing applications without rewriting any code. The ability to reuse, integrate, manage, and control interactions with your existing applications without changing them makes Synapse an attractive choice and a key approach to an SOA strategy. If your company is planning to transform your existing middleware into a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), you should look into Apache Synapse as your solution unless cost is not one of your constraint.

We’re at Mile 2 in the SOA Marathon

According to Research 2.0, the current use of service-oriented architecture (SOA) as experimental. The research firm's report of May 31, 2007 predicts that SOA will be embraced as mainstream technology by the year 2015. However, a report by Forester contradict the statement by Research 2.0. "Forester reported in a study that 21 percent of North American and European (NA-EU) enterprises said they'll adopt SOA in 2007. It also reported that 22 percent of Asia Pacific enterprises and 14 percent of NA-EU small-to-medium businesses plan to adopt SOA in 2007". What is your prediction on the future of SOA?

Finally! An Apple web strategy

New Mac OS will allows user to connect remotely to their systems. According Alan Graham, By incorporating dynamic DNS technology Apple’s .Mac service will keep all of your Macs connected and searchable, regardless of their location or firewall. Using .Mac as a secure gateway, you can now access your home machines from the office, and your office machines from the road…look for files…and even move them from location to location. Great added features to a great OS already. I am an average MAC user therefore I welcome any additional features which will enhance my experience with the OS.