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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
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
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
SOA in 2011 Panel

To better understand what makes SOA special, its current state and its relationships with other architectures and technologies, InfoQ conducted a virtual panel on SOA asking a group of experts to share their opinion on the topic and make some predictions about SOA future.

Boris Lublinsky
on May 19, 2011
Challenges and Opportunities in Mobile Application Development and Mobile DSLs

Converged Mobile Solutions differ significantly from their Web and Desktop counterparts: they often rely on a sophisticated compared to their scope, while the User Experience and Device Capabilities are paramount to their success. We review the Mobile Technologies, Development Tools and Processes and detail how a DSL can simplify the delivery of Rich Cross Platforms Mobile Solutions.

Jean-Jacques Dubray
on May 17, 2011
Interview and Book Excerpt: ActiveMQ in Action

In this article, InfoQ spoke with Bruce Snyder, co-author of ActiveMQ in Action book, about the main motivation for writing the book, transaction management and messaging security aspects in ActiveMQ container and emerging trends in the messaging space.

Srini Penchikala
on May 02, 2011
Key Takeaway Points and Lessons Learned from QCon London 2011

This article presents the main takeway points as seen by the many attendees who blogged or tweeted about QCon. Comments are organized by tracks and sessions: Keynotes, Tutorials, Architectures You've Always Wondered About, Building Systems With REST, Design and Objects 2011, Enterprise Agile Transformation, Functional Web, HTML5, the Platform, iOS4 and Android, NoSQL: Where and How, and many more!

Abel Avram
on Apr 05, 2011
Architectural Decisions as Reusable Design Assets

Service-Oriented Architecture Decision Modeling (SOAD) framework helps to capture the recurring architectural decisions and use them to guide design in related projects. In this IEEE article, author Olaf Zimmermann discusses this decision-centric approach to guiding the design work. He also talks about the two model types in SOAD metamodel, the guidance models and the decision models.

Olaf Zimmermann
on Mar 25, 2011
The Top Five Challenges of Building Software Platforms in the Agile World

When scaling Agile to the enterprise new concerns arise that require revisiting the values and practices of Agile software development. One such concern relates to a common strategy to achieve reuse at the enterprise level - building software platforms. This article lists the top five challenges that an Agile organization should expect to face when deciding to adopt a software platform strategy.

Yaser Ghanam
on Mar 07, 2011
Book Excerpt and Interview: 100 SOA Questions Asked and Answered

A new "100 SOA Questions Asked and Answered " book by Kerrie Holley and Ali Arsanjani provides a deep insight into SOA covering a wide spectrum of topics from SOA basics to its business and organizational impact, to SOA methods and architecture to SOA future. InfoQ spoke with Kerrie Holley and Ali Arsanjani about their book.

Boris Lublinsky
on Feb 02, 2011

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