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SOA gets an obituary

SOA is dead but services remain alive, according to a prominent analyst who published an obituary for SOA in a blog post on Monday.

| Opinion | SaaS | SOA | 01/06/09 at 2:20 pm |


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The SOA knowledge gap

Most enterprise employees outside of IT work for a team, in a department, in a division or some similar hierarchical structure. This pattern of organization has effectively served large corporations, governments, and militaries for a long time. But it can present challenges for SOA analysis when the IT solution requires input from representatives in all parts of the business.

| Opinion | SOA | 01/05/09 at 3:34 pm |


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Anatomy of a Web Service Contract

For Web services to succeed as part of SOA, they require balanced, effective technical contracts that enable services to be evolved and repeatedly reused for years to come. Now, a team of industry experts presents the first end-to-end guide to designing and governing Web service contracts.

| Feature | BPM | SOA | 12/17/08 at 3:07 pm |


Building the Bridge to SOA

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White Paper | SOA | Software | 12/12/08 at 1:56 pm |


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