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How REST replaced SOAP on the Web: What it means to you

The number of REST APIs has grown dramatically over the last 5 years. However, most developers are still struggling to find an agreed upon definition of a RESTful Architecture leading to a lot of inconsistencies in the way these APIs are implemented. This article details how Mule iON, an Integration Platform as a Service, provides a consistent way to expose APIs and API mashups.

Ross Mason
on Oct 20, 2011
Resilient Security Architecture

In this IEEE article, author John Diamant talks about how to improve security quality of software applications using a proactive approach with techniques like Security requirements gap analysis and Architectural threat analysis in the early phases of software development life cycle.

John Diamant
on Sep 27, 2011
Multi-Process Node.js: Motivations, Challenges and Solutions

Although Node.js doesn’t expose traditional threads or bother directly with issues like multiple-processor concurrency, these issue do arise in production environments. InfoQ has conducted a virtual panel with the creators of Node.js projects that deal with these concerns.

Dio Synodinos
on Sep 21, 2011
Patterns for Continuous Delivery

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to implementing Continuous Delivery. The number and composition of the teams will greatly affect what options are available and what trade-offs need to be made. Staff editor Jonathan Allen reflects on some of the patterns he has observed over the last 15 years.

Jonathan Allen
on Sep 15, 2011
Controlling and Steering Open Source Projects

Open source software has become an important part of the software business. In this IEEE article, author Dirk Riehle discusses how the commercial software firms can control or steer open source software projects to meet their business needs. He talks about how these firms depend on open source and how they manage that dependency to meet their business goals.

Dirk Riehle
on Sep 12, 2011
Interview and Book Review: Continuous Delivery

Continuous delivery means that a software product is production-ready from day one of the project, even if all features not implemented, and the product can be released to users on demand. InfoQ spoke with Jez Humble and David Farley, authors of "Continuous Delivery" book on the continuous delivery concept and how it can be used to deliver the software product more efficiently.

Srini Penchikala
on Sep 06, 2011
SpringSource CTO Adrian Colyer Discusses the Impact of the Cloud on Enterprise IT

This article is a transcript of an interview with SpringSource CTO Adrian Colyer, recorded at the inaugural What's Next Conference in Paris in May. Colyer discusses the impact of mobile devices, HTML 5 and cloud-computing on enterprise IT generally, and SpringSource's Cloud Foundary product.

Charles Humble
on Sep 06, 2011
The Problem with Cloud-Computing Standardization

In this IEEE article, author Sixto Ortiz Jr. discusses the issues and challenges we are facing in cloud computing standardization. He also compares the cloud-computing standards proposed by organizations like Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), IEEE, Open Grid Forum, OASIS, and Storage Networking Industry Association.

Sixto Ortiz Jr
on Sep 02, 2011
Interview with Rob Linton, author of “Amazon Web Services: Migrating your .NET Enterprise Application”

A new "Amazon Web Services : Migrating your .NET Enterprise Application" book by Rob Linton provides a deep insight into Amazon Web Services (AWS) covering a wide spectrum of topics from describing AWS components and their role in applications architecture to step-by-step instructions on setting and configuring each AWS component . InfoQ spoke with by Rob Linton about his book.

Boris Lublinsky
on Sep 01, 2011
DIY SOA: How to build your own Simple Service Repository

One of the prerequisites for successful SOA implementations is service repository–a place to store and track changes of the existing Services portfolio. In his article Ben Wilcock describes shortcomings of existing commercial and open source implementation and proposes a simple Service Registry implementation. He also outlines how such repository can be leveraged is SOA delivery process.

Ben Wilcock
on Aug 31, 2011
Understanding Cloud Computing Vulnerabilities

In this IEEE article, authors Bernd Grobauer, Tobias Walloschek and Elmar Stöcker discuss the cloud computing security and cloud-specific vulnerabilities using the vulnerability definition from the Open Group's risk taxonomy.

Elmar Stöcker Tobias Walloschek Bernd Grobauer
on Aug 15, 2011
Is REST the future for SOA?

In this article Boris Lublinsky discusses architectural difference between SOA and REST and discusses different approaches for leveraging REST in SOA implementations

Boris Lublinsky
on Aug 11, 2011

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