RightScale and Apica tackle cloud services integration testing

As cloud computing and mobile services grow, the potential cost of poor performance becomes a greater issue. Yet, testing of newly integrated cloud services is just getting off the ground. A recent partnership between cloud computing provider RightScale and European load testing and...
WebSphere 8 takes J EE6 to the streets, adds OSGi

Long in the forefront of application servers, WebSphere is sometimes a bit overlooked. However the latest version of the IBM application server is worth some consideration, as its new features point out some of the big enterprise trends of the moment.
XQuery: Secret weapon for the data integration specialist?

In an effort to simplify integration, some teams have tried new languages to deal with data. Has XQuery, a big part of the initial XML and Web services push, gotten lost in the shuffle?
XBRL Challenge offers $20,000 grand prize

By Valerie Sarnataro, Editorial Assistant Coop Although XBRL looms as an SEC mandate, uptake is still slow for the XML-based language that handles business information. To spur more interest, the...
Distinguishing application integration from SOA
Jack Vaughan, Editor
Rod Johnson: A complex view on OSGi

Some controversies hang on forever. One such is the controversy around simplifying Java, which certainly goes back to the EJB 2.0 days –- and which is sometimes at the base of OSGi arguments today. There are plenty that feel OSGi is just too darn hard –- and it does appear at times that ISVs,...