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- Architecture,
- Java
- Topics
- ESB,
- Enterprise Architecture,
- Transactions Processing
In this presentation from QCon London, William Soo and Meeraj Kunnumpurath discuss the Voca transaction processing system architecture, the previous Mainframe-based architecture, architectural challenges and requirements, the new Spring and J2EE-based architecture, upcoming challenges for Voca, and technologies to watch for in the future.
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By William Soo and Meeraj Kunnumpurath
on May 01, 2008,
News about Enterprise Architecture
- Architecture,
- SOA
- Topics
- Business Process Management,
- Delivering Value,
- Enterprise Architecture
While SOA was the big name in the buzzword tag cloud, BPM is quickly getting bigger and bigger. As organizations are becoming more aware of the need to tame their processes in order to get the benefits of IT investments, BPM is gaining importance and mindshare inside and outside of IT. Is one more important for your architecture?
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By Steven Robbins
on May 15, 2008,
- Architecture
- Topics
- Customers & Requirements,
- Enterprise Architecture,
- Design
As it gets more and more difficult to adapt software to new demands, the temptation to rebuild it in order to update the architecture grows stronger. For this risky undertaking it is essential to choose the right strategy. Several authors provide insights into advantages and disadvantages of different possible options in terms of cost, technical complexity and potential commercial risk.
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By Sadek Drobi
on May 09, 2008,
Articles about Enterprise Architecture

- Architecture,
- SOA
- Topics
- Business Process Management,
- SOA Platforms,
- Enterprise Architecture
A successful outcome is never questioned when a plane with millions of interdependent parts is designed, especially when cost is not a factor. Why are the outcomes of complex software projects so unpredictable? In this two-part article, the authors analyze the causes of project failures and propose a new approach beyond SOA based on adaptive systems theory and a new information architecture.
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By Vasile Buciuman-Coman, Michael Chervenic
on Mar 28, 2008,

- SOA
- Topics
- Business Process Management,
- Enterprise Architecture,
- Business
This article, based on a chapter from the book "Service Oriented Architecture Demystified", discusses the benefits of applying SOA to heterogenous environments in the healthcare domain. Focusing on a domain instead of technology perspective first provides an interesting view on the business motivation for SOA.
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By Girish Juneja, Blake Dournaee, Joe Natoli & Steve Birkel
on Mar 07, 2008,
Interviews about Enterprise Architecture

- Architecture
- Topics
- Enterprise Architecture,
- Design
In this interview from OOPSLA 2007, Michael Stal talks about architecture refactoring. He describes what architecture refactoring is, its relationship to code refactoring and patterns, and he gives real world examples of how architecture refactorings have been done and when not to do it.
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By Michael Stal
on Mar 25, 2008,

- Java,
- Ruby
- Topics
- Web Frameworks,
- Ruby on Rails,
- Application Servers,
- Enterprise Architecture,
- Platforms,
- Compilers,
- JRuby,
- Community
JRuby project lead Charles Nutter discusses how he got involved with JRuby, Sun's involvement with JRuby, how JRuby fits into enterprise-level web applications, the possibility of a friendly fork of the OpenJDK source code, reasons for switching to JRuby, the future of JRuby, Spring and JRuby, and the Ruby community as a whole.
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By Charles Nutter
on Feb 14, 2008,
Presentations about Enterprise Architecture

- SOA
- Topics
- Enterprise Architecture,
- Business
In this presentation, recorded at QCon London, Cap Gemini's Steve Jones explains his concept of a business service architecture. Topics covered include how to apply SOA to existing systems, the problems one runs into when SOA is driven by technology, and the structural and organizational impact of business-driven SOA.
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By Steve Jones
on Apr 14, 2008,

- Architecture
- Topics
- Performance & Scalability,
- Enterprise Architecture
Randy Shoup covers the architectural principles eBay has used to grow and evolve its infrastructure to massive scale. It covers the forces ("-ilities") needed to contend with and design for scalability, availability, manageability, etc. He outlines eBay's architectural principles which meet - and trade off - those forces and describes reusable patterns for each strategy with eBay examples.
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By Randy Shoup
on Feb 05, 2008,