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A newsletter from TechTarget
May 21, 2007
IN THIS ISSUE:
> From the Editor: SOA a big deal for IBM and HP
> Ask the Experts: Web services standards
> Learning Center: XML Learning Guide
> Site Highlights: What's up with XML 2.0?
> White Papers: Achieving Decision Consistency Across the SOA-based
Enterprise
> Webcasts: Development Intelligence: Business Intelligence for
Software Development
> More From SearchWebServices.com: Where SOA standards matter: The
SAP view
FROM THE EDITOR
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SOA a big deal for IBM and HP
[Michael Meehan, Site Editor]
IBM and HP are locked in a war these days to see who the biggest IT
company on the planet can be and service-oriented architecture has
become a major battlefield. Both companies are looking to crack the
$100 billion mark in annual revenues this year and this week both
will be pitching the latest in their SOA programs.
IBM has long been on the SOA bandwagon. In fact it could be argued
that IBM invented the SOA bandwagon. SOA is now infused throughout
IBM's software platform. Its WebSphere, Tivoli and Rational lines
literally ooze SOA from every pore. Behind the software, IBM has an
army of Global Services consultants. Sometimes it's argued that IBM's
software portfolio is so vast you need an army of Global Services
consultants to make sense of it, but no one accuses Big Blue of
having a half-hearted commitment to SOA. The resources it's put into
service orientation are nothing short of massive.
The one thing IBM's big bet on SOA has done is give it a broader
business perspective on SOA. It views service orientation as a chance
to transform your business, not just to get some new licensing
revenue streams. This week Big Blue has gathered scads of current and
would be customers in Orlando, Florida for a three-day SOA event.
That's some serious stroke and IBM should be laying out the next
steps in its SOA roadmap during the initial stages of the conference.
HP leapt into the midst of the SOA fray last year when it acquired
Mercury Interactive, which had just a few months earlier swallowed up
the Systinet SOA registry line. Suddenly HP had an SOA management
story to tell based around OpenView, Mercury's lifecycle management
and Systinet's SOA governance framework. Like IBM, HP has also
invested significant consulting resources into SOA. It may not have
quite the software portfolio of Big Blue, but it clearly has no
intention of ceding this arena to its top competitor.
It will also be laying the next pieces of its SOA roadmap this week,
via teleconference in this instance.
Last week we had interviews dealing with SAP's SOA initiatives and
Sun Microsystem's SOA plans. These companies aren't dabbling either.
They are making SOA a centerpiece in their software businesses.
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http://go.techtarget.com/r/1462075/6276287
Of course, there is the familiar refrain that SOA is not something
you buy, it's something you do and last week we ran column by
ZapThink's Ron Schmelzer which noted that many folks in the IT
universe seemingly would rather spend money on a fad than modify
their thinking.
http://go.techtarget.com/r/1462076/6276287
It's a strange world indeed when vendors are embracing concepts like
modularity and interoperability more easily than users. Perhaps this
week's announcements from the two leviathans at the top of the IT
food chain will win over a new batch of converts. Guaranteed, IBM and
HP aren't building these enormous SOA programs on a lark.
MORE >
http://go.techtarget.com/r/1462077/6276287
ASK THE EXPERT
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Web services standards
[David Lithicum]
David Lithicum discusses Web services standards on the horizon to
look out for.
http://go.techtarget.com/r/1462078/6276287
LEARNING CENTER
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XML Learning Guide
Want to learn more about XML? This guide explains what XML is, how
it's used, and where it fits into the world of Web services. You'll
find XML articles, tutorials, examples, tips, tools, white papers,
expert advice and more to pump up your XML know-how quickly.
> More on this:
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SITE HIGHLIGHTS
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What's up with XML 2.0?
Read this tip from Ed Tittel for an expert opinion on why XML has not
yet made a major impact directly on the World Wide Web: Early
versions of XML 2.0 were driven by movement toward simplicity (all
XML, all the time) and consistent use of markup elements, attributes
and values. Most sites tend to house XML inside content management
systems, databases and other document repositories with publishing
engines, and to use XSLT or other techniques to transform XML into
HTML for Web delivery. Where is XML 2.0 in all of this?
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FEATURED WHITE PAPERS
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Achieving Decision Consistency Across the SOA-based Enterprise
Published by: Fair Isaac Corporation May 10, 2007
http://go.techtarget.com/r/1462081/6276287
Mercury Customer Perspective: Best Practices for Implementing Mercury
Quality Center
Published by: HP March 19, 2007
http://go.techtarget.com/r/1462082/6276287
New SOA Maturity Model
Published by: Progress Software March 2, 2007
http://go.techtarget.com/r/1462083/6276287
View All White Papers at:
http://go.techtarget.com/r/1462084/6276287
PODCASTS & WEBCASTS
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Development Intelligence: Business Intelligence for Software
Development
When: May 23, 2007
http://go.techtarget.com/r/1462085/6276287
Speakers: Bola Rotibi Principal Analyst, Ovum
Rob Cheng Director, Development Intelligence Solutions, Borland
Sponsor: Borland, http://go.techtarget.com/r/1462086/6276287
View All Podcasts & Webcasts at:
http://go.techtarget.com/r/1462087/6276287
MORE FROM SEARCHWEBSERVICES.COM
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Where SOA standards matter: The SAP view
SAP AG was at JavaOne this month demonstrating its NetWeaver
Composition Environment, which it is marketing to developers as a
standards-based tool for heterogeneous SOA implementations.
http://go.techtarget.com/r/1462088/6276287
Sun grapples with ESBs, JBI and Java EE for SOA, part 2
In part two of our JavaOne interview with Sun's Kevin Schmidt, he
answers questions about SeeBeyond, open source, JavaCAPS, JBI and the
future of the Java EE platform.
http://go.techtarget.com/r/1462089/6276287
Sun views SOA development through GlassFish
At JavaOne, Kevin Schmidt, director for SOA products at Sun
Microsystems Inc., answered our questions on the where his company in
moving on enterprise development with GlassFish.
http://go.techtarget.com/r/1462090/6276287
Web services and Second Life
Columnist William Brogden looks into the virtual world of Second Life
and sees Web services business opportunities in its scripting
language and REST style messaging.
http://go.techtarget.com/r/1462091/6276287
Finding the real barrier to SOA adoption
Ronald Schmelzer discusses the reasons behind the resistance to SOA
adoption and those within a business setting who are mainly
responsible for the hold up.
http://go.techtarget.com/r/1462092/6276287
SOA and multi-core processing
In this podcast, Rogue Wave Software CEO Cory Isaacson will discuss
how to get Web services to scale on multi-core processors, how
multi-core affects order of processing concerns and what defines
concurrent computing.
http://go.techtarget.com/r/1462093/6276287
The essentials of SOA governance
In this podcast, noted SOA expert David Linthicum discusses why SOA
governance is critical and the technology that enables it.
http://go.techtarget.com/r/1462094/6276287
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