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  • Oracle packs SOA in PeopleSoft tools upgrade

    Oracle on Monday in the US launched PeopleTools 8.48, an upgrade designed to offer Web services functionality and serve as an entry point into Oracle's Fusion Middleware.

  • RFID, SOA top CIOs' shopping lists for next year

    With IT budgets set to remain flat, CIOs are thinking hard about what to spend their cash on -- and RFID, SOA and VoIP are set to top the list.

  • Vendors don't get SOA: ING

    ING Insurance claims most vendors have been unable to understand its service oriented architecture (SOA) transformation and are instead pushing systems that quickly become legacy.

  • HP aims to better manage business services

    Hewlett-Packard stepped up its commitment to the emerging area of service-oriented architecture Monday, announcing consulting and software that draw heavily on its acquisition of Mercury Interactive.

  • SAP launches SOA and RFID products

    SAP, the German supply-chain software company, has taken advantage of the Hanover trade fair, CeBIT, to launch a raft of service-oriented architecture offerings for medium-sized companies.

Blogs (2)

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    When did coding become a dirty word?

    Nobody ever said that writing integration code was fun, but maybe it's time that vendors recognised that it's still an important task in most IT departments.

  • Read the blog post - Paul Montgomery, ZDNet Australia

    KM, meet Web 2.0

    Many Web 2.0 technologies and functions fall under the umbrella of KM: wikis for collaboration; tagging and "folksonomy", which is known to the fuddy-duddies as taxonomy; and blogging, which behind the firewall would otherwise be known as intranet publishing.

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  • Will virtualisation create a mainframe renaissance?

    The current buzz around virtualisation may sound familiar to anyone with experience of high-end computing's origins " so what makes today's scenario so different?

  • Can the government solve its IT woes?

    Whatever happens in the election, government departments at both state and federal levels are facing major changes to how they build and manage their IT infrastructure. Is the answer shared services, an increased focus on SOA, enhanced Web delivery -- or just telling everyone in your department to get a clue?

  • Scandinavian Airlines pilots SOA

    Service oriented architectures (SOAs) can ease application development but they impose a significant administrative burden. David Braue finds out how Scandinavian Airlines dealt with the challenge of SOA proliferation with flying colours.

  • Services-oriented architecture gains support

    Experts say the time has come for SOA design approaches, which revamp business processes and could change the economics of delivering software.

  • Composite applications: The next big thing?

    Creating new applications from existing applications enables new functionality to be addressed quickly and at lower cost than traditional coding methods.

Reviews (1)

  • Crystal Vision Server

    The new Crystal Vision product line combines technology from Crystal Reports, Crystal Xcelsius and Business Objects' Live Office -- aimed at the mid-market segment in Australia.

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