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Cloud Computing Realigns Role of Service Oriented Architecture

From its inception Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) has been a source of dissension among enterprise, solution and application architects. Now cloud computing is changing the conversation.

JP Morgenthal
on Jul 27, 2011
AI, ML & Data Engineering

Using Entity Framework to Successfully Target Multiple Databases

Yevhen Shchyholyev discusses some of the problems that the user may face in the process of developing an application with Entity Framework that interacts with Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite as well as SQL Server. It is intended to be useful to both developers using one of these databases for the first time as well as for those who regularly interaction with multiple databases.

Yevhen Shchyholyev
on Jul 25, 2011
An Open, Interoperable Cloud

This article describes how interoperable clouds can be created, today, through the integration of open standards such as the Open Cloud Compute Interface, the Open Virtualisation Format and CDMI. They provide the means to package virtual infrastructure deployments, an API for the runtime management of storage infrastructure and an API for the runtime management of infrastructure as service.

Eugene Luster Thijs Metsch Andy Edmonds
on Jul 19, 2011
Oozie by Example

End to end Oozie example, including process design, resource coordinator and workflow implementation

Boris Lublinsky Mike Segel
on Jul 18, 2011
Introduction to Oozie

Basic introduction to Oozie - a framework allowing to combine multiple Map/Reduce jobs into a logical unit of work.

Boris Lublinsky Michael Segel
on Jul 12, 2011
Database-based High Performance Message Exchange Service for Enterprise Applications

Database Message Exchange Service (DBMES) stores messages in database for a Windows service to deliver to external services and vice versa. A message can be anything – an order, some task, a message for a destination message queue, a payload for calling external webservice and so on. DBMES decouples the client from the external services that are not on the same network or not always available.

Omar AL Zabir
on Jul 11, 2011
Architecting a Cloud-Scale Identity Fabric

In this IEEE article, author Eric Olden discusses an identity fabric that links multiple applications to a single identity to manage the volume of user identities that network administrators must secure and to enable a full-scale cloud adoption.

Eric Olden
on Jun 29, 2011
Interview and Book Excerpt: CMMI for Development

The CMMI for Development (CMMI-DEV) framework, developed at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), can be used to improve product quality and project and organizational performance. InfoQ spoke with Mike Konrad, co-author of the book published on CMMI-Dev framework.

Srini Penchikala
on Jun 21, 2011
Micro ORMs with Sam Saffron and Rob Conery

Opinions about ORMs vary widely. Some see it as an essential tool for simplifying data access while others claim it greatly increases complexity while robbing applications of much needed performance. Sam Saffron and Rob Conery have found a middle ground in what’s known as a Micro ORM.

Jonathan Allen
on Jun 13, 2011
State of Cloud Applications and Platforms:The Cloud Adopters' View

In this IEEE article, authors Balakrishna Narasimhan and Ryan Nichols discuss the results of a survey of organizations with experience using cloud applications and platforms. They discuss the key findings of the survey including the emerging challenges in the cloud adoption.

Ryan Nichols Balakrishna Narasimhan
on Jun 08, 2011
Increasing Role of Open Source in ASP.NET

There has been an increasing trend in the ASP.NET team lately to adopt more Open Source - from supporting JQuery and Modernizr, to releasing sources for some underlying platform components. InfoQ gets in touch with Scott Hunter, Principal Program Manager Lead for ASP.NET to learn about this new trend, drivers behind some recent decisions and how things might look in the future.

Roopesh Shenoy
on Jun 07, 2011
Service-Oriented Architecture Maturity

In this IEEE article, Richard Welke, Rudy Hirschheim and Andrew Schwarz discuss a SOA maturity model that can be used to achieve organizational objectives, by accounting for the different motivations for SOA adoption by stakeholders like IT administrators, business managers, and enterprise leaders.

Andrew Schwarz Rudy Hirschheim Richard Welke
on Jun 02, 2011

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