Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
News, blogs, analysis, tips, discussion and how-to about SOA (service-oriented architecture).
How to Virtualize Mission-Critical Applications
Fri, April 27, 2012 - Virtualizing Tier 1 applications is a crucial step in attaining the full benefits of cloud-era architecture, but it's not a simple one. Successfully virtualizing these mission-critical applications require thought and care.
How to Implement Next-Generation Storage Infrastructure for Big Data
Mon, April 16, 2012 - Managing the petabyte-scale and larger data stores that are a fact of life with Big Data is a different beast than managing traditional large-scale data infrastructures. Online photo site Shutterfly--which manages more than 30 petabytes of data--shares its strategy for taming the storage beast.
How to Avoid the Perils of Virtualization and Cloud Stall
Tue, April 10, 2012 - Virtualization and cloud computing offer the promise of cost savings, efficiency and flexibility, but organizations must plan their transitions carefully or risk finding themselves stuck with a bundle of sunk costs and no path forward.
How to Be Ready for Big Data
Tue, March 20, 2012 - Big Data is coming, but for most organizations it's three-to-five years away. That doesn't mean you shouldn't prepare now. Analyzing Big Data will require reference information like that provided by a semantic data model. And once you mine the data, you need to secure it.
Can Your Apps Handle an 1,800 Percent Spike in Traffic?
Fri, March 16, 2012 - Business customers and users are demanding ever-better performance from websites and applications. However, the majority of CIOs are uncertain they can meet those expectations. Next-generation application performance management (APM) tools can provide the visibility necessary to proactively identify bottlenecks and performance issues before they affect users.
Application Streaming Gets a New Face With Cloudpaging
Mon, March 05, 2012 - Application streaming--delivering software on-demand from centralized servers or the cloud--holds great promise, but has proved elusive in practical application. Legacy applications can prove difficult to virtualize and performance has been problematic. But Numecent, a startup born of a DARPA project, aims to change that.
Open Group Publishes Standards to Align Cloud Strategies
Fri, January 20, 2012 - The Open Group has published two industry standards that enable businesses to integrate SOA (service orientated architecture) and cloud computing
University Medical Center Virtualizes, Cuts Storage Needs By 65%
Tue, October 11, 2011 - With data doubling about every year, the University of Kansas Physicians group turned to virtualization to cut costs and boost performance.
How to Use a Business-Focused Approach in SOA Design and Governance
Wed, August 03, 2011 - If you listen to industry discussion of service-oriented architecture (SOA), you are likely to get the impression that SOA is best thought of as a technical approach for application integration. The reality is that SOA is much more.
How Enterprise Architects Can Be a Business Person First
Mon, June 06, 2011 - Enterprise architects can add tremendous value to their organization's selection of a packaged application solution by analyzing each candidate's Architectural Business Value (ABV). Forrester Research's Randy Heffner explains how.



