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SOA

ALSO CALLED: Service-oriented Integration, Service-Oriented Architectures, Service-Oriented Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture, and Service Oriented Architectures
DEFINITION: A service-oriented architecture (SOA) is the underlying structure supporting communications between services. In this context, a service is defined as a unit of work to be performed on behalf of some computing entity, such as a human user or another program. SOA defines how two computing  … 
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SOA and BPM: Aligning Business Needs with Your Architecture
sponsored by Software AG
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 08 May 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
SUMMARY: This document presents best practices in composing SOA-enabled business processes and a case study of how to create a configurable business architecture.

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TOPICS:  BPM | Enterprise | SOA

Leveraging Web Services in an SOA
sponsored by EMC Corporation
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 05 May 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008
SUMMARY: This white paper examines features of the EMC® Documentum® platform that enables its industry-leading enterprise content management capabilities to participate in a service oriented architecture (SOA).

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Automating Your SOA Center of Excellence
sponsored by WebLayers
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 05 May 2008 | Published: 01 Oct 2007
SUMMARY: As service-oriented architecture (SOA) moves from early-adopters to mainstream corporate initiatives, companies are challenged to quickly achieve their intended goals of business agility and cost savings from service reuse.

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Service Level Performance and SOA
sponsored by Layer 7 Technologies
WEBCAST:   Posted: 02 May 2008 | When: 22 May 2008, 12:00 EDT (16:00 GMT)
SUMMARY: Gain a greater understanding of the requirements, issues and possible strategies necessary when addressing the performance of services in an SOA.

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Architecting High Performance SOA Applications
sponsored by CA
WEBCAST:   Posted: 30 Apr 2008 | When: Available On Demand
SUMMARY: Discover how to attain optimal performance from your SOA and Web applications throughout the application development process.

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Technical Approaches to and Considerations for SOA Governance
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 29 Apr 2008 | Published: 26 Oct 2006
SUMMARY: Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is about more than just services -- it's about the various artifacts and assets that relate to and affect a service or set of services.

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IRMS Warehouse Management System Suite (SCM)
sponsored by Integrated Warehouse Solutions
SOFTWARE LISTING:   Posted: 29 Apr 2008 | Published: 29 Apr 2008
SUMMARY: The IRMS suite of supply chain execution, distribution and inventory control solutions is used worldwide to control, manage and distribute diverse inventory ranging from environmentally-controlled vaccines and medical supplies to commercial...

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SOA Challenges and Solutions
sponsored by F5 Networks
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 28 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2007
SUMMARY: Many of the challenges associated with SOA deployments are the same challenges when deploying traditional web-based applications. The key to addressing SOA-related challenges is to identify them as early as possible and include the appropriate ...

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Aligning Application Infrastructure with Business through SOA Delivery
sponsored by F5 Networks
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 28 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2007
SUMMARY: One of SOA's main goals is to align IT with the business. As the service delivery network through which applications are delivered is a part of IT, it makes sense that these platforms should also support those goals. This paper explains how app...

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BPM Done Right: 15 Ways to Succeed Where Others Have Failed
sponsored by Software AG
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 28 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2008
SUMMARY: Rates of adoption of Business Process Management (BPM) technology are increasing dramatically, and with them, the stories of missed expectations, wasted investment and outright failure are also on the rise.

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SOA DEFINITION (continued): …  entities, such as programs, interact in such a way as to enable one entity to perform a unit of work on behalf of another entity. Service interactions are defined using a description language. Each interaction is self-contained and loosely coupled, so that each interaction is independent of any other interaction.

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)-based Web services are becoming the most common implementation of SOA. However, there are non-Web services … 
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