For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

With "11g," Oracle Steps Out Of IBM's Middleware Shadow

New Release Will Also Blast Past SAP NetWeaver And Challenge Microsoft

by Jeffrey S. Hammond, John R. Rymer, August 19, 2009

The latest release of Oracle Fusion Middleware, dubbed "11g," establishes Oracle as the innovator among Java platform vendors. The first modules of Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g — the core Java application server, development tools, service-oriented architecture . . .

For CIOs

Enterprise Software Budgets And Initiatives

Consolidation, Modernization, And Collaboration Are Top Software Priorities

by Sharyn Leaver, July 10, 2009

Budgeting and planning season is right around the corner, and an armful of new and unproven technologies and software initiatives promise to change the way IT conducts its business. IT organizations are wondering what to consider and what to let pass . . .

For B2B Market Research Professionals

Demand Insights: The SMB Software Market

Where Small And Medium-Size Businesses Are Investing

by Tim Harmon, June 15, 2009

Small and medium-size businesses' (SMBs') software priorities, investment levels, vendor relationships, buying processes, and use of IT differ significantly from large enterprises'. Technology marketers must hone their product portfolios and go-to-market . . .

For B2B Market Research Professionals

The State Of SMB Software: 2009

Business Data Services North America And Europe

by Heidi Lo, R "Ray" Wang, Jean-Pierre Garbani, June 5, 2009

This document gives highlights of an extensive data set collected across North American and European small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) via our Enterprise And SMB Software Survey, North America And Europe, Q4 2008. Hot software topics covered include . . .

For B2B Market Research Professionals

The State Of Enterprise Software: 2009

Business Data Services North America And Europe

by Heidi Lo, R "Ray" Wang, Jean-Pierre Garbani, June 5, 2009

This document gives highlights of an extensive data set collected across North American and European enterprises via our Enterprise And SMB Software Survey, North America And Europe, Q4 2008. Hot software topics covered include software-as-a-service (SaaS), . . .

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Topic Overview: How BPM Can Help The Bottom Line In Difficult Financial Times

BPM-Enabled Improvements In Business Agility Flow To The Bottom Line

by Ken Vollmer, March 17, 2009

The current global economic crisis is putting increasing pressure on enterprise architects to find new — and more cost-effective — ways of meeting business needs. One software category in particular offers proven solutions to help increase operational . . .

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

SOA Policy Management: Vendors And Products

The Market Landscape For SOA Policy Management Infrastructure And Services

by Randy Heffner, February 6, 2009

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) policy management is an important and emerging subset of SOA strategy, SOA governance, and SOA platform planning. Because SOA policy features and functions are arising within multiple types of products, many different . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Building Interoperability And Federation Into Your SOA Platform Strategy  (2.6 MB PPT)

by Mike Gilpin, December 16, 2008

If your SOA platform must span multiple diverse domains, then it should become a federation of interoperable SOA infrastructure elements that work together to ease and control service usage across the enterprise.

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Establishing A Solid Architecture Foundation For SOA Policy Infrastructure

Plan To Extend Your SOA Platform With SOA Policy Management

by Randy Heffner, November 24, 2008

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) policy adds important business and technical flexibility to an SOA-based solution, and it requires coordinated use of features and functions from multiple types of software tools and infrastructure products. Architects . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

An Interoperable And Federated SOA Platform Strategy Matters To App Dev Pros, Too

by Mike Gilpin, October 10, 2008

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) silos are a thorn in the side of application development professionals, but new SOA strategies can alleviate some of that pain. Through federated SOA, a solution is around the corner, but it will require app dev pros . . .

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Building Interoperability And Federation Into Your SOA Platform Strategy

by Mike Gilpin, October 9, 2008

As large and heterogeneous enterprises reach greater service-oriented architecture (SOA) maturity, enterprise architects often find that different business areas or domains need different things from an enterprise-level SOA platform. Accommodating these . . .

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Embracing Your Application Vendor's Competing SOA Vision

by Larry Fulton, October 2, 2008

Commercial application vendors are service-orienting their offerings at various paces, but the move to service-oriented architecture (SOA) is inevitable. Each vendor's own SOA vision will guide its key design, policy, and procedural decisions, and these . . .

For Vendor Strategy Professionals

Market Momentum: Middleware Software Market, H1 2008

by Stefan Ried, Ph.D., September 16, 2008

The middleware software market continues to mature — from the bottom of the technology stack to the higher layers. A set of 15 representative vendors announced a healthy mix of new product innovations and the maintenance of existing products with successive . . .

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Topic Overview: Service-Oriented Architecture For Enterprise Architects

by Randy Heffner, Larry Fulton, August 18, 2008

Most architects now recognize that service-oriented architecture (SOA) is much more than Web services (WS) standards and better application integration. SOA continues to gain industry recognition as a key element of strategic business transformation — . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Topic Overview: Service-Oriented Architecture For Apps Dev And Program Management Pros

by Randy Heffner, Mike Gilpin, August 18, 2008

For a single, isolated solution delivery project, it's OK to think of service-oriented architecture (SOA) as just Web services (WS) standards for better application integration: Your application needs something from another one, and WS technology bridges . . .

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

SOA Adoption: Technology Diversity Accelerators

The Technology Diversity Factors That Drive Earlier SOA Adoption

by Randy Heffner, July 23, 2008

Although it is no surprise to say that technology diversity drives adoption of service-oriented architecture (SOA), Forrester's survey data shows patterns in the use of development platforms, development languages, and application platform vendors that . . .

For CIOs

CIOs: Use An SOA Investment Road Map To Reach Strategic SOA

Avoid Duplication And Incompatibility With Justifiable Investment Increments

by Alex Cullen, June 27, 2008

Firms are turning to service-oriented architecture (SOA) for cost-effective flexibility and enhanced usage of legacy IT. But the shift to SOA doesn't come easy and doesn't come cheap. Building an effective SOA platform requires tight integration between . . .

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

How To Build Your SOA Platform

To Evolve An SOA Platform, Build From Tactical Needs Toward A Strategic Vision

by Randy Heffner, May 16, 2008

Building an effective service-oriented architecture (SOA) platform requires cohesive integration of both new product categories, such as SOA repositories and enterprise service buses (ESBs), and existing product categories, to which vendors are making . . .

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Defining Your SOA Platform Strategy

Sorting Through The Confusion Of Overlapping SOA Functions And Features

by Randy Heffner, May 14, 2008

Defining an SOA platform is not as simple as some in the industry make it out to be. Serious pursuit of service-oriented architecture (SOA) requires new and different characteristics in your application infrastructure. New product categories such as SOA . . .

For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Scoping Strategic SOA Projects

Five Steps Sourcing Professionals Will Need To Take

by Tim Sheedy, March 26, 2008

While many large enterprises have already made the move toward enterprise service-oriented architecture (SOA), other firms are just starting down this path now. And in many cases, no one in the organization really understands the full scope of an enterprise . . .

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Semantic Business Services Specifications Support Business Agility

by Jost Hoppermann, March 13, 2008

Business services ecosystems provide semantic specifications — and eventually standardization — of business services interfaces. In addition, some ecosystems include supplementary benefits, such as guidance for effectively implementing a service-oriented . . .

For B2B Market Research Professionals

The State Of Enterprise Software Adoption: 2007 To 2008

Business Data Services North America And Europe

by R "Ray" Wang, January 25, 2008

How are enterprises adopting, using, and managing all types of software, including enterprise applications, Web 2.0, open source, software-as-a-service (SaaS), and service-oriented architecture (SOA) — and what do they plan to do with IT budgets in the . . .

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Software AG To Acquire Additional SOA And BPM Capability

Vendor Strives To Control Its Own Destiny

by Ken Vollmer, Larry Fulton, Colin Teubner, April 27, 2007

Software AG has taken a major step toward its goal of becoming a $1 billion-plus software company by announcing its intention to acquire webMethods, an established leader in the integration and business process management (BPM) markets. If this deal closes, . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Incubating Apache's Next Generation Platform

ASF Projects Create Open Source Software For SOA And Web Services

by Michael Goulde, March 22, 2007

Apache Software Foundation's (ASF) unique approach to open source software development has resulted in several de facto standards for Web applications. ASF established the Apache Incubator project to support communities of developers involved in new . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Open Solutions Alliance Pursues Application Integration

by Michael Goulde, March 12, 2007

On February 13, 2007, several service and integration companies working with open source software formed a new consortium, the Open Solution Alliance, to facilitate integration and foster adoption of open-source-based solutions. A few years ago, several . . .