http://www.cio.com/ en_US (c) Copyright 2008 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:48:47 GMT 2008-12-02T02:48:47Z en_US (c) Copyright 2008 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cio.com/article/453515/John_Stepper_Teaches_Deutsche_Bank_to_Sprecken_Ze_SOA Deutsche Bank Managing IT Director John Stepper explains how he is building service-oriented architecture into the engine... with the car running. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT Rich Levin http://www.cio.com/article/453515/John_Stepper_Teaches_Deutsche_Bank_to_Sprecken_Ze_SOA 2008-10-08T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/452721/A_Rare_Collection_of_Celebrity_Endorsements_for_SOA Service-oriented architecture may be suffering from a PR disadvantage because few, if any, celebrities endorse it. If that is the problem, this blog entry is the cure. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT Nicholas Petreley http://www.cio.com/article/452721/A_Rare_Collection_of_Celebrity_Endorsements_for_SOA 2008-10-03T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/451966/Why_UDDI_Sucks The registry landscape needs to change, insists MuleSource's Dan Diephouse in this interview about the technologies on which Web services rely. The unholy trinity of SOAP, WSDL and UDDI needs to go. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT Rich Levin http://www.cio.com/article/451966/Why_UDDI_Sucks 2008-10-02T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/452014/Why_UDDI_Rocks SOAP, WSDL, WS-*, and UDDI are proven and widely adopted technologies and REST is growing strongly, believes a UDDI supporter from Microsoft. But while REST is often cited as a SOAP alternative, Microsoft's Steven Martin thinks this a distinction without a difference. "Does it really matter if there are angle brackets or curly braces on the wire?" he asks. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT Rich Levin http://www.cio.com/article/452014/Why_UDDI_Rocks 2008-10-02T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/452370/Eight_Winning_Characteristics_of_Successful_SOA_Implementations The SOA Consortium announced the winners of the SOA Consortium and CIO.com SOA Case Study contest. Here are several characteristics common among the winners. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT Mike Kavis http://www.cio.com/article/452370/Eight_Winning_Characteristics_of_Successful_SOA_Implementations 2008-10-02T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/450819/SOA_Governance_Balancing_Process_and_Agility By now everybody has heard over and over how governance is critical to the success of any implementation of service-oriented architecture. Companies implementing SOA must provide the proper level of governance required to achieve reuse and flexibility without negatively impacting their team's ability to innovate and be agile. Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT Mike Kavis http://www.cio.com/article/450819/SOA_Governance_Balancing_Process_and_Agility 2008-09-23T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/450649/WSO_Releases_New_Open_Source_Data_Services_Product WSO2 CTO and co-founder Paul Fremantle discusses the company's new product for service-oriented architecture that focuses on data services. The open-source tool promises to make it easier for DBAs and data experts to get involved in SOA. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT Mike Kavis http://www.cio.com/article/450649/WSO_Releases_New_Open_Source_Data_Services_Product 2008-09-22T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/450222/SOA_Still_Isn_t_Just_For_Integrating_Legacy_Systems SOA is not just for legacy systems but can be strategic for Startups as well. Service-now.com, a SaaS provider of IT Service Management solutions, has used SOA as a competitive advantage. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT Mike Kavis http://www.cio.com/article/450222/SOA_Still_Isn_t_Just_For_Integrating_Legacy_Systems 2008-09-19T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/449921/The_Definitive_Definition_of_SOA Let's stop wasting time trying to come up with clever definitions of service-oriented architecture and get down to the business of using it. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT Nicholas Petreley http://www.cio.com/article/449921/The_Definitive_Definition_of_SOA 2008-09-18T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/448970/Six_Questions_to_Consider_Before_Building_a_SOA_Testing_Team With all of the focus on the proper design of business services, business alignment, and SOA governance, sometimes the challenges that SOA creates for quality assurance testers is overlooked early on in SOA initiatives. Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT Mike Kavis http://www.cio.com/article/448970/Six_Questions_to_Consider_Before_Building_a_SOA_Testing_Team 2008-09-11T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/448231/New_York_Magazine_Hearts_SOA Albert Lee, executive director of IT at New York Media, explains how the company's open-source LAMP stack-based SOA comprises the power behind coveted online publication features. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT Rich Levin http://www.cio.com/article/448231/New_York_Magazine_Hearts_SOA 2008-09-08T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/447863/A_CIO_Needs_to_Know_How_to_Find_SOA_or_Find_the_Door There's more to best practices than architecture. Perhaps the best practice in SOA is for the CIO to get involved and be a leader in making the business case for adoption of SOA? Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT Rich Levin http://www.cio.com/article/447863/A_CIO_Needs_to_Know_How_to_Find_SOA_or_Find_the_Door 2008-09-05T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/447815/Less_SOA_QQ_and_More_SOA_Pew_Pew Don't lose out on the cost savings and reuse benefits of service-oriented architecture because you or your organization are intimidated by its difficulties and potential costs. Muster up a little courage and give it a shot. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT Nicholas Petreley http://www.cio.com/article/447815/Less_SOA_QQ_and_More_SOA_Pew_Pew 2008-09-05T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/447129/Are_you_Insecure_about_SOA_Security_ Service-oriented architecture creates many new challenges in the areas of security and privacy. IT leaders must educate themselves on what these risks are to prevent rolling out a red carpet for hackers to get at corporate data. Mike Kavis asked architects, vendors, trainers and security experts to identify SOA's biggest security risks that architects need to address. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT Mike Kavis http://www.cio.com/article/447129/Are_you_Insecure_about_SOA_Security_ 2008-09-02T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/446972/Does_Your_Organization_Have_the_Skills_to_Implement_SOA_ Implementing SOA can have a major impact on people at various levels within an organization. Before a company gets too far into designing solutions, they should access the existing skill sets of their people and the impacts of SOA on their culture and delivery capabilities. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT Mike Kavis http://www.cio.com/article/446972/Does_Your_Organization_Have_the_Skills_to_Implement_SOA_ 2008-08-29T04:00:00Z