Whether you're an SOA skeptic, cynic, or advocate, there's always confusion around many of the terms and definitions used within this space. As one reader wryly added to my last post on SOA's greatest ...

A couple of surveys I have run across seem to say the same thing -- everyone agrees that SOA can be a good thing, but few feel they can muster up the resources and political will to push the concept ...

Even its proponents don't agree on a single SOA vision yet, but it's coming to your shop eventually Since about 2003, service-oriented architecture (SOA) has been touted as the network-based, ...

In this article, we examine how security applies to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Before we discuss security for SOA, lets take a step back and examine what SOA is. SOA is an architectural ...

Lately I've noticed a lot of SOA envy as organizations begin to roll out their new, and typically first, SOA projects. I hear things like: "How many services you got in your SOA?" or "We employ 10 WS- ...

Anne Thomas Manes put out an interesting post yesterday, declaring that SOA has failed, but there are a few FWBs (features with benefits), that we should still consider. SOA met its demise on January ...

The services-oriented architecture moniker might be “sullied” by industry hype, high-profile failures and misdirection, but SOA is certainly not dead, said one analyst. There continues to be strong ...