Bringing the Cloud to SOA

Bringing the Cloud to SOA
— There’s no shortage of opinions on how cloud computing and SOA are related. Just plug the phrase into your favorite search engine and you’ll have a day’s worth of reading. What you are likely to find are articles discussing how SOA led to cloud computing, how a good SOA is a prerequisite to leverage cloud computing, or how to leverage cloud computing in your SOA.

The Future of SOA

The Future of SOA
— As consumers we are accustomed to the end-user experience of the Internet. With HTTP and XML, you don’t need to have a specific application on your computer to make use of external data – you can just open a browser window and do a search or visit a particular Web site to find the information you need.

IBM Lotus Symphony

Following with the posts where I have recommended some good and useful free tools, today I'd like to present you with the IBM Lotus Symphony. It's another good option for anyone else that intend to use free office applications. Designed and kept by IBM, Lotus Symphony is a set of applications for creating, editing, and sharing word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

IBM Lotus Symphony

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OpenOffice.org 3.1

The latest version of OpenOffice.org comes up with new features that turns it more useful than ever. That is one of several options in office applications for whon does not want to use Microsoft Office and spend bucks with licenses. Why you don't try?

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Five Free Mashup Tools You Should Know About

Five Free Mashup Tools You Should Know About
— Do you want to create a visual dashboard from existing widgets? Try a front-end mashup tool. These tools make it easy to create a personal dashboard that tracks your stocks, local weather, the time in 51 timezones and the current price of titanium.

Agile Methodologies Improve the State of SOA

Agile Methodologies Improve the State of SOA
— Recently industry analysts, press, and bloggers have been writing about the state of service-oriented architecture (SOA) and whether it’s “dead” or in the “trough of disillusionment." These discussions have been fueled by surveys that suggest a decline in the number of organizations considering SOA, or that organizations have evaluated, but decided to shelve SOA for the time being.

Welcome to Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition

The latest release of Ubuntu brings the best open source technologies together on one platform, with the benefit of free updates for 18 months. Constant improvements, feature additions and extended machine and network support explain why Ubuntu wins more converts with every release. This tour will help you discover, like millions of users worldwide, why Ubuntu Desktop Edition 9.04 is the desktop operating system for you.

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Identify & Achieve ROI with Your SOA Training

Identify & Achieve ROI with Your SOA Training
— For many people, even entire organizations, the approach to education seems to be along the lines of learning facts, figures, details, tools and standards. This results in a shallow understanding of both the business problem and the new Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) strategies available for addressing the business’s needs. The next step is either to scrap the initiative or pour more time and money into patching the solution to bridge the chasm that could have been avoided with a more complete understanding of the domain and the implications and strategies surrounding service orientation.