SOA governance

Test SOA for the unexpected

Testing service-oriented architecture requires thinking outside the box to the point that your test cases hit an application with totally unexpected input, argues Thomas Fredell, CTO of IntraLinks.

HP builds ‘culture of governance’ for SOA

HP solidifies leadership in SOA governance with Systinet 3.0, which now covers services lifecycle, business process, and IT service management, writes analyst Dana Gardner in his blog this week. "The newest market leading Systinet UDDI...

So how SOA are ESBs?

Last week we at SearchSOA.com ran a story about how ESBs aren't as interoperable as users might expect them to be. The story prompted a response from StrikeIron CEO Dave Linthicum, basically...

SOA acquisition week: Progress adds Mindreef

You wouldn't know the mergers and acquisitions market on Wall Street was in the doldrums if you were just watching Progress Software Corp. this week. First, Progress snapped up IonaTechnologies Inc.,...

SOA Software seeks governance dominance

SOA Software Inc. says its acquisition of LogicLibrary Inc., announced today, creates "a dominant Integrated SOA governance automation company." The two companies were both rated as leaders...

SOA experts, we’ve got ‘em

Pro wrestling legend Rowdy Roddy Piper immortalized the words "Just when they think they've got the answers, I change the questions." Now we at SearchSOA.com are asking...

Highlights from the “Pragmatic SOA Governance” seminar

We at SearchSOA.com have just finished up with the maiden run of our "Pragmatic SOA Governance" seminar. The first two shows were in suburban Philadelphia and Washington D.C. and I'm pleased to report they went swimmingly. Here's a few of the high points from the show:

• Anne Thomas Manes,...

What is SOA quality?

I was talking with Wayne Ariola, Parasoft's vice president of strategy and corporate development, last week about the concept of SOA quality. Parasoft's been using the term "SOA quality" as part of the latest rollout of its SOAtest product, which now is able to query UDDI registries so that WSDL...

Is there a better way to say SOA governance?

At SearchSOA.com we spend a fair amount of time writing about the importance of governance and how you aren’t likely to succeed with service orientation unless you put a solid governance model around those efforts.

Yet let’s be honest, the term...

SOA is big, a billion new readers can’t be wrong

SearchSOA.com has gone international. Just recently we launched a version of the site in China. Now, technically speaking, we don't have a billion new readers on the...