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

Leveraging Your Investment In SOA Service Life-Cycle Management

Tools Can Bring Value To Other IT Processes

by Larry Fulton, July 11, 2008

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) service life-cycle management solutions, sometimes called SOA repositories, are significant investments, with enterprise licenses ranging from $300,000 to well over $1 million. With this price tag, leveraging the investment . . .

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

The Forrester Wave™: SOA Service Life-Cycle Management, Q1 2008

BEA Systems Leads, With Software AG and LogicLibrary Close Behind

by Larry Fulton, January 28, 2008

Forrester evaluated leading service-oriented architecture (SOA) service life-cycle management vendors against 96 criteria and found that BEA Systems, Software AG, and LogicLibrary established leadership, thanks to their SOA service life-cycle management . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Web Services Specifications: Registry And Metadata

When To Use Which Registry, Metadata, And Resource Specifications

by Randy Heffner, December 28, 2006

Web services adoption continues, but it is taking a long time to work out all of the specifications and standards. According to data from recent Forrester surveys, UDDI has strong support among SOA infrastructure vendors but mixed support — and few current . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

SOA Repositories Come Of Age

Acquisitions Bring SOA Governance Front And Center

by Larry Fulton, October 24, 2006

The product category of service-oriented architecture (SOA) repositories has gained traction only in the past couple of years. Recent acquisitions across the SOA repository market demonstrate that this is a maturing product category, and that major SOA . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

SOA Repositories: Crucial To SOA Governance Success

by Larry Fulton, October 10, 2006

Effective governance is essential to the success of your service-oriented architecture (SOA) strategy, and an SOA repository is essential for effective SOA governance. The core of SOA governance is the management of the service life cycle. Successful . . .

Application Development Asset Management Tools Offer Unique Benefits For Reuse Initiatives

by Liz Barnett, January 20, 2005

The market for application development (AD) asset management tools — the new generation of repositories that support enterprise reuse of development assets — was close to $30 million in 2004, up from approximately $14 million in 2003. An AD asset management . . .

Single-Purpose Repositories Will Consolidate

Enabling Better Application Life-Cycle Management

by Liz Barnett, Phil Murphy, December 9, 2004

Application development (AD) managers are surrounded by single-purpose repositories that manage different metadata about components, models, and other project deliverables and, at the same time, effectively provide the same underlying data management . . .

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

A UDDI Success Story: The E2open Process Directory

by Ken Vollmer, June 6, 2002

The private Universal Description, Discovery and Integration effort, the E2open Process Directory, lowers barriers to e-business by facilitating collection and sharing of the full range of technical information needed for trading partner connectivity.

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

UDDI Registries Abound And Some Are Free

by John Meyer, December 31, 2001

Giga recommends that companies try to leverage free UDDI versions for their experimenting with Web Services where feasible until the UDDI standards and products catch up with each other and reach a more stable level of evolution.

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

UDDI Business Registry: Don t Expect Any Real Use Until 2003

by John Meyer, December 28, 2001

Until there are standards for the deployment of complex Web Services outside a company s four walls, do not expect the quality or number of real Web Services entries available in the UDDI Business Registry to change until at least the Q103.

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

A Private UDDI Registry Will Offer Useful Protection

by Randy Heffner, July 20, 2001

Using both public and private UDDI registries can ensure that authorized users can access Web Services, but that competitors and hackers have as little information as possible.

For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

UDDI Goes Live, But For How Long?

by Frank E. Gillett, Charles Rutstein, May 4, 2001

The corporate sponsors of the UDDI Net services directory announced this week that the service had moved from beta testing into live production. One surprise - founding partner Ariba is taking a back-seat role, allowing Hewlett Packard to take the lead.

CA Continues to Invest in Its Repository Products Will Start Adding XML Support in 2001

by Liz Barnett, May 1, 2001

Repository products can be relevant to application development reuse initiatives and legacy renewal projects, in addition to data warehousing. Developers can consider using formal repository products, from companies like CA and Softlab.