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SOA Governance Maturity – an Architect’s View

This article presents a framework of SOA Governance processes, a maturity model, linked to the processes and a description of how architects should be involved in these processes. The authors provided some practical guidelines on how architects can lead or provide support at the various processes of the lifecycle and maturity levels.

Benedikt Kratz Tom Schepers
on Jun 23, 2009
Routing Messages in Mule

Jackie Wheeler discusses the use of Mule as a message routing solution for SOA middleware. The article covers key concepts, selection of a message style; passing, filtering and splitting messages; and, calling external services. Examples of messaging implementation are included.

Jackie Wheeler
on Jun 10, 2009
Using JBoss ESB and JBPM for Implementing VMS Solutions

In a new article, Boris Lublinsky discusses how the JBoss middleware platform, specifically JBoss ESB and jBPM (JBoss Business Process Management) can be used to integrate both internal and third-party services to deliver composite services and content in customer-specific forms, including Web services, WAP, portals, and more.

Boris Lublinsky
on May 29, 2009
Introduction to Data Services

This article by Vijay Narayanan, provides an introduction to several aspects of data services that will be of interest to both SOA practitioners and data architects. A general case for data services introduces the article before the author explores specific issues, including: definition of need, rationale and benefits, scope, development, and consumption patterns.

Vijay Narayanan
on May 19, 2009
The Economics of Service Orientation

This article explores the structural economic changes brought up by service orientation. Most IT organizations today are under enormous financial pressure trying to keep rising costs and flat budgets in synch. The restructuring brought about by the concept of services and reuse at the service level promises long lasting relief from the cost treadmill.

Parviz Peiravi Enrique Castro-Leon Mark Chang Jackson He
on May 16, 2009
Architecture & Design

Introduction to Virtual Service Oriented Grids

This article discusses the combination of three ideas, virtualization, service-orientation, and grid computing into a single concept and computing platform concept, "virtual service-oriented grids." In addition to history and definitions, the article addresses an approach, with an example, to analyzing and implementing this technology.

Mark Chang Jackson He Parviz Peiravi Enrique Castro-Leon
on May 06, 2009
The Emergence of Virtual Service Oriented Grids

This article introduces and discusses three technologies, virtualization, service orientation, and grid computing, and then shows how they are combining to create new design and deployment options - "Virtual Service Oriented Grids." The business case for using this emergent model is also discussed.

Parviz Peiravi Enrique Castro-Leon Mark Chang Jackson He
on Apr 30, 2009
Key Takeaway Points and Lessons Learned from QCon London 2009

This article presents the main takeway points as seen by the many attendees who blogged about QCon. Comments are organized by tracks and sessions: Keynotes, Interviews, Tutorials, Web as a Platform, Emerging languages in the enterprise, Real World SOA, Systems that never stop, Architectures in Financial Applications, Agile Organisational patterns, Historically bad ideas, Java.Next and many more!

Ryan Slobojan
on Apr 09, 2009
Interview with the Book Authors: Brown, Laird, Gee, Mitra: SOA Governance

InfoQ had the opportunity to review the new book “SOA Governance: Achieving and Sustaining Business and IT Agility” and interview its authors Clive Gee, William A. Brown, Robert G. Laird, Tilak Mitra.Topics covered include the role of reuse in SOA, SOA governance tooling, Business/IT alignment, etc.

Boris Lublinsky
on Mar 20, 2009
We Need to Create Information System Ratings

Pierre Bonnet, CTO of Orchestra Networks, argues that information systems are too opaque and not agile enough. He claims this is the main reason why "healthy" multinationals can collapse within months as they take on too much risk. He suggests that information systems be rated on how they manage master data, business rules and business processes.

Pierre Bonnet
on Mar 09, 2009
Interview and Book Excerpt: Thomas Erl's SOA Design Patterns

Today, InfoQ publishes an excerpt from Thomas Erl’s newest book, SOA Design Patterns, and used the opportunity to interview the author. Topics covered include the role of a patterns catalog, differences between service-orientation, SOA, and Web services, and the current state of the SOA world.

Stefan Tilkov
on Mar 03, 2009
Why Do We Need Distributed OSGi?

Recently, an early release draft of a Distributed OSGi requirements and design document has been published, long with a reference implementation as part of Apache CXF. In a new article, Eric Newcomer writes about the current status of distributed OSGi and explains the reasons for standardizing it in the first place, and its significance to the OSGi specification and community.

Eric Newcomer
on Feb 23, 2009