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Next Generation Data Services and How to Use Make Use of Them

Dain Hansen — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:15:04 -0500

What exactly is a data service? Does that mean all the fields in my database are now re-usable? Are there best practices for building Data Services? Are there any differences between the original BEA and now Oracle perspectives of Data Services?

Data Services For Optimized Data Integration and Data Management

Dain Hansen — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:45:04 -0500

What exactly does it mean to be a data service? Does that mean all the fields in my database are now re-usable? Are there best practices for building Data Services? Are there any differences between the original BEA and now Oracle perspectives of Data Services?

The blog move...

Alex Toussaint — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:15:08 -0500

In the past month or so we have been going through the Oracle transition over here. As you can imagine there have been several changes in just about everything, like email, calendar, phones, and many new things to learn. In parallel, we are trying to stay focus and get our...

ALSB FTP Nuance

James Bayer — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:45:04 -0500

One of my customers just recently had an issue with AquaLogic Service Bus's FTP transport. This blog entries explains the nuance involved with FTP Business Service when a particular user and path are required.

Load balancing in AquaLogic Service Bus v3.0 (Part 2)

Chris Tomkins — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:15:03 -0500

In the last post I demonstrated how to configure a business service in AquaLogic Service Bus to support load balancing across multiple service endpoints. What we didn't consider was what would happen if one of these endpoints was unavailable for some reason - perhaps due to a network or hardware...

AquaLogic BPM Suite 6.1 and AquaLogic Service Bus 3.0

Alex Toussaint — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:45:14 -0500

Since the release of AquaLogic Service Bus 3.0 (ALSB) we have been getting questions about AquaLogic BPM Suite (ALBPM) support for it. As you may have seen in the past 18 months we went from having a manual process to integrate process services and the bus, to a fully automated...

Going beyond the Silo: 5 Steps to Federation

Dain Hansen — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:15:03 -0500

You’ve heard the buzz word of Federation as a silver-bullet to just about everything. In this blog we’ll show you 5 important steps to getting your IT federated and some key architecture patterns to consider as a way to leverage specific Federation practices to help you out of that silo’d thinking. We'll also discuss within those steps some of the benefits of Enterprise Wide SOA.

5 Tips for Buying SOA Governance

Michael Stamback — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:45:03 -0500

SOA Governance is hot these days. It’s widely believed that governance is required if you want to succeed with SOA, which is a correct assumption. It’s ironic though that agility and simplicity comes at the cost of complexity. That almost seems contradictory- the efficiency that SOA offers breeds complexity...

Load balancing in AquaLogic Service Bus v3.0 (Part 1)

Chris Tomkins — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:15:12 -0500

Do you have a service which is overloaded with requests? If so, then you might want to consider introducing a new instance of that service and load balancing across them. This post explains how this can be achieved using AquaLogic Service Bus.

AquaLogic Service Bus v3.0 - Getting started with Workspace Studio

Chris Tomkins — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:45:04 -0500

One of the major changes in AquaLogic Service Bus v3.0 was to enable you to create service bus artifacts in Workspace Studio as well as the web-based console. This post explains how to get started with Workspace Studio including - how to add a server, how to create an ALSB project, how to start creating ALSB resources and how to deploy and test them.

Rethinking Connectivity - New Article

Quinton Wall — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:15:03 -0500

Connectivity? What is the point in rethinking that ol' fish? You might ask. Didn't we solve that with adapters and ESBs? If you ask me the answer is no...not exactly. Check out my new article and see why.

Hotter than a Hedge Fund: SOA Integration

Dain Hansen — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:15:04 -0500

No there is actually no SOA-based ETF or hedge fund even. However recent report from Randy Heffner at Forrester seems to suggest that SOA may actually be a place that companies may want to invest; it extends the life of legacy and drives costs down through consolidation and risk avoidance.

Solve your Agileocrity Part II: The SOA Integration Anti-patterns

Dain Hansen — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:15:03 -0500

3 key patterns to watch out for when building out your Enterprise Architecture. SOA Integration can help you rise above it and create the right pattern to rise above the mediocrity and get you the agility you are looking for. We'll discuss the Service Enabled Spaghetti, Accidental Integration Architecture, and SOA Silos.

Appliances or Software-based ESBs? The Million Dollar Question

Dain Hansen — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:45:04 -0500

Read Shiva's article on SOA he opens up one of the most talked about questions today's Enterprise Architects are wrestling with. When should you look at appliances or software ESBs? What are the differences? What are their strengths and weaknesses? Do I need both? And if I implement both is there a recommended architecture for that? In this article we give you an objective answer of the key questions you should ask.

SOA Integration: Solve your Agileocrity

Dain Hansen — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:15:02 -0500

In today’s dynamic business climate, inflexible infrastructure can result in lost customers, lost revenue, late entry into emerging markets…oh wait…you’ve heard this before! Why haven’t you fixed it already? You are so not agile. SOA Integration is about getting more flexible. It clears the path for your business by transforming brittle IT systems, applications, and data sources into highly flexible, reusable services that can be shared across the enterprise. Service enable your business logic why don’t you!