SOA TechGuides
About software services and open source Java
Bob Sutor, IBM's director of Websphere infrastructure, tells about his company's Web services plan, pushes SOA technology and urges Sun to bring Java out in the open.
Managing data in service-oriented applications
Get a high-level look at the types of data that service-oriented architectures use, and see how that data, both inside and outside a service, can be represented.
Implement the components of an SOA with Web services
Design and implement the components of your Web service using the benefits of SOA. Learn how to create services that not only meet business requirements, but that also provide a rich and strategic solution.
A service oriented architecture allows better alignment with business processes
An SOA enables organizations to create a more meaningful relationship between services and business processes.
Coarse-grained interfaces enable service composition in SOA
Service composition lets you develop business processes, applications, and complex services using simpler services from diverse environments.
Service directory patterns employed in Java Web services as UDDI
The service directory plays a vital role in service-oriented architectures such as Web services, which use UDDI. As the standard directory mechanism, Web services implementations require a thorough understanding of service directory patterns and UDDI.
Enterprise benefits of a service-oriented architecture using Web services
For the past nine months, my consultancy has been introducing our clients to service-oriented architectures (SOA) using Web services. We chose to move into the field of integration to solve our customersÂ’ biggest issues, namely a lack of communication between applications. Their recent mergers and acquisitions only seemed to intensify this problem.
Find more stories in: Web services, Software integrationThe benefits of location transparency in an SOA
Learn some of the advantages of using it and also a few issues that could arise.
Enhance reuse by embracing a service-oriented architecture
Thinking of your apps strictly in terms of components can limit your reuse options. Find out how to increase your options by defining applications as services.
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