Taking Business Logic to the Next Level with SOA White Paper
May 2, 2010 by BPELforum · Leave a Comment
Product DescriptionCoding business logic is the only way to satisfy business requirements in information technology (IT), and businesses have been doing so for decades, albeit with limited success. The fundamental problem with business logic has been its inflexibility—business needs change, and the logic can’t keep up.
While there have been modest flexibility improvements since [...]
SOA Best Practices Report: Beyond Point-to-Point Web Services
May 2, 2010 by BPELforum · Leave a Comment
Product DescriptionKey Findings:
Service-oriented architectures built upon open, standards-based Web Services provide a strategic IT direction businesses need to meet their fundamental business goal: agility.
By 2010, ZapThink expects 69% of the total enterprise software market to be Service-oriented.
The overall market for products and services that support Service orientation will be over [...]
Opening Up Library Systems Through Web Services and SOA: Hype, or Reality?
May 2, 2010 by BPELforum · Leave a Comment
Product DescriptionLibraries are increasingly demanding the ability to exploit their library systems (LIS) using application programming interfaces (APIs), Web services, or other technologies. This issue of “Library Technology Reports” explores how vendors of open source library technology are approaching this desire for customization plus an in-depth exploration of trends towards APIs, Web services, and the [...]
Powering Soa Solutions With Ims
May 2, 2010 by BPELforum · Leave a Comment
Product DescriptionNew application development tools and the IBM® service-oriented architecture capabilities for IMSTM can help your business improve the speed and agility of its development efforts. Both IMS and the IMS SOA Integration Suite support your on demand systems and your distributed IMS application environment.
Powering SOA Solutions with IMS provides background and explanations to clarify [...]
The Zen of SOA: An Executive Blueprint to Web-Enable Your Organization With Service-Oriented Architecture
May 1, 2010 by BPELforum · Leave a Comment
Product DescriptionOrganizations face quite different challenges in laying out a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) blueprint. Internal integration needs may be more straightforward, but business models may focus less on internal integration than external partners or customers. Traditional approaches like EAI, however, are notoriously inflexible and expensive. The author has been [...]













