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Gossamer and Glue: Weaving the Loosely Coupled Web

Community
SOA
Topics
Methodologies,
SaaS

In this session recorded at Glue Conference in May, Phil Wainewright talks about the changing web and the fact software technologists need to adapt to face the new challenges: elaborating the right contracts, discovering the necessary resource in a world full of resources, and creating a business case adaptable to change.

Building a Large Scale SaaS Application

Community
Architecture,
SOA
Topics
SaaS,
Enterprise Architecture

Dan Hanley, of Magus, discusses the design principles, architectures and infrastructure of the SaaS frameworks used by Magus to rapidly develop and deploy large-scale, web-based, applications for clients. Along the way he discusses the components of their technology stack and the evolution of their methodology.

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Is SOA Still Dead?

Community
Architecture,
SOA
Topics
WS Standards,
SaaS,
Web Services,
Cloud Computing

Anne Thomas Manes continues blogging about SOA being dead, citing slowing software spends and SOA software infrastructure sales while other specialists blame the economy and people’s approach to SOA.

Interview: Miko Matsumura on AlignSpace

Community
Architecture
Topics
Collaboration,
SaaS,
Business Process Management,
Business Process Modeling

In this interview, Miki Matsumura, Deputy CTO of Software AG, introduces a new collaborative platform for business process practitioners: AlignSpace. He explains that middleware is just one part of the equation when it comes to integration projects, he sees a lot of value coming from enabling people to collaborate more efficiently.

MIX 09: Justin Smith on Azure Access Control Services

Community
Java,
.NET,
Architecture,
Ruby
Topics
Cloud Computing,
SaaS,
Security

Justin Smith and John Shewchuck delivered an introduction to Windows Azure ACS. ACS is basically a hosted Secure Token Service that operates in a "claims in-claims out" mode. John demoed the ACS in a Web application writen in Phyton and JQuery running on Google Apps Engine. ACS supports any identity mechanism (Google, Yahoo, Facebook...) and can be invoked from any technology stack.

A Workflow-as-a-Service Platform using SilverLight

Community
Architecture
Topics
Rich Internet Apps,
SaaS,
Business Process Management,
Silverlight,
Business Process Modeling

SnapFlow is the latest Workflow-as-a-Service platform to launch. Gopinath Dhanakodi, VP of Engineering, explains his technical choices while Samad Wahedi comments on why they decided not to use BPM standards as they aim at providing workflow for the masses.

New Relic updates RPM to Improve Collaboration and Integration

Community
Ruby
Topics
SaaS,
Performance & Scalability,
JRuby,
Ruby on Rails

New Relic announced the availability of RPM 1.2 which goes a long way into making the job of the developer better with improved collaboration and integration.

Debate: Is SOA Dead?

Community
Architecture,
SOA
Topics
WS Standards,
SaaS,
Web Services,
Cloud Computing

Burton Group's Anne Thomas Manes wrote an obituary for SOA, saying SOA met its demise on January 1, 2009, when it was wiped out by the catastrophic impact of the economic recession. InfoQ has collected industry reactions.

IBM's BPM Zero Project: RESTful Worflow Management

Community
Architecture
Topics
Composite Application,
SaaS,
Business Process Management,
REST,
Business Process Modeling,
Cloud Computing

Christina Lau introduces IBM’s vision for BPM-as-a-Service: a light-weight BPMN based scripting engine for RESTful services. This vision is well in line with products currently on the market. The product is incubated at Project Zero and will eventually be deployed with WebSphere sMash.