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• A business-focused approach in SOA design, governance

  By Randy Heffner | 04 August, 2011 04:28

  If you listen to industry discussion of service-oriented architecture (SOA), you are likely to get the impression that SOA is best thought of as a technical approach for application integration. The reality is that SOA is much more.

• Forrester: SOA is alive and well

  By Chris Kanaracus | 24 March, 2011 05:15

  It's been a little hard of late to find references to SOA (service-oriented architecture), the buzz-phrase that once saturated the IT industry but in recent years has succumbed to "cloud computing." But SOA remains alive and relevant, according to a new Forrester Research report.

• Talend acquires SOA vendor Sopera

  By Chris Kanaracus | 11 November, 2010 06:59

  Open-source data integration vendor Talend is expanding its footprint into SOA (service-oriented architecture), announcing Wednesday that it has purchased Sopera, developer of an open-source ESB (enterprise service bus) and other technologies. Terms were not disclosed.

• SOA's not dead says Burton

  By Maxwell Cooter | 06 November, 2010 02:13

  SOA is set for a comeback according to analyst company, Burton. Nearly two years ago, it was a Burton analyst, Anne Thomas Manes, who proclaimed that SOA was dead but it appears that reports of its demise have been exaggerated.

• Complexity of IT systems will be our undoing

  By John Dix | 04 November, 2010 03:24

  Roger Sessions, CTO of ObjectWatch and an expert in software architecture, argues that the increasing complexity of our IT systems will be our undoing.  In fact, he just recently got a patent for a methodology that helps deal with complex IT systems. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix recently caught up with Sessions to get his take on the extent of the problem and possible solutions.

• HTML5 raises new security issues

  By Joab Jackson | 21 August, 2010 03:07

  When it comes to new security issues, the security team for the Firefox browser have the new version of the Web HyperText Markup Language, HTML5, foremost on the mind.

• ComSuper deploys BI solution in four weeks

  By Lisa Banks | 12 August, 2010 16:13

  ComSuper has deployed its SingleCell BI solution in a four week timeframe.

• NSW releases shared services blueprint

  By Renai LeMay | 10 August, 2010 14:49

  The New South Wales State Government has published a complex blueprint that will inform its future shared services strategy — including the provision of ICT services.

• SOA projects need reviewing for success: analyst

  By Lisa Banks | 04 August, 2010 03:51

  Project reviews coupled with a greater understanding of SOA deployment is vital if systems integration is to be successful.

• Don't confuse SOA with cloud: Gartner

  By Rodney Gedda | 28 July, 2010 10:18

  Business doing service-oriented architecture (SOA) for better IT management shouldn’t assume they will automatically be ready for cloud computing, says a Gartner software analyst.

• SOA is dead because of its success

  By Rodney Gedda | 08 June, 2010 10:06

  SOA is no longer a buzzword because it is a concept that has received broad industry acceptance and has become built into software products and services, say a CIO and analyst.

• EnergyAustralia wins $100m smart grid project

  By Georgina Swan | 08 June, 2010 10:46

  EnergyAustralia has won its bid for the Smart Grid, Smart Cities project, a $100 million commercial-scale grid that will be implemented across five cities in Sydney and the Hunter region. EnergyAustralia will lead a consortium as the preferred applicant in the federally-funded project. The comes under the mantle of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, in consultation with the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy and the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism. The trial will showcase electricity network technology, including self-healing when faults and interruptions occur and greater customer control.

• EnergyAustralia gets smart

  By Georgina Swan | 01 June, 2010 16:35

  The concept of smart energy monitoring has captured the imagination. In 2009, the federal government launched its National Energy Efficiency Initiative, providing up to $100 million for a smart grid demonstration project to encourage the development of a smart grid network in Australia.

• VHA moves to event-driven provisioning platform

  By Georgina Swan | 13 May, 2010 10:28

  Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has implemented a real-time event-driven order management platform to support the company’s growth in Australia.

• Reduce SOA complexity with GIntegrator

  By Rodney Gedda | 11 May, 2010 13:17

  A new open source project aims to be a lightweight and simple solution for enterprise application integration and SOA.