Due to global networks, heterogeneous information systems, and the need for agility, conventional architectures have evolved. The tasks of building entirely new applications, making specific adaptors ...

Gartner recently predicted that 50 percent of all new mission-critical applications and technology initiatives will be based on services-oriented architecture (SOA). That said, all of the leading ...

Listen to the Computerworld TechCast: Introduction to SOA. Given the buzz about service-oriented architecture today, let’s make a few important points: The SOA concept isn’t new, it’s not a technology ...

"SOA Possible Even Without Service-Enabled Apps." This is a statement that goes against the conventional wisdom, so, being a fan of things that go against conventional wisdom, I checked out this Q&A ...

Three issues that rise to the top fast when developing a service-oriented architecture are governance, quality, and management. In this article, part of a Network World Data Center series on SOA, ...

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) initiatives promise to cause management challenges for IT managers looking to ensure application performance and exceptional IT service delivery. Network World ...

We are at a very important juncture in the evolution of service-oriented architecture. An incredibly important issue right now is whether we are going to win broad acceptance and deep penetration, or ...

Organizations are adopting service-oriented architecture to ease the integration of applications, map business processes to software IT structures and establish interoperability among diverse systems.

Traditional "Gen 1" Application Modernization Enablers - Historically, some of the technology enablers for application modernization have included web enablement tools, service-oriented architectures, ...

Perhaps if a savvy political operative were designing the best go-to-market campaign for SOA they would proclaim: "It's the applications, stupid!" Focusing on the applications -- and not the means to ...