Seam 2.1.1.GA is out
"It looks like we can add to the Christmas cheer by announcing that Seam 2.1.1 is now out. Seam 2.1.1 is largely a bug-fix release, with a number of notable performance improvements, especially around hot deploy"....
WebWidgetry Hits 2,000 User Milestone
Nth Penguin’s WebWidgetry has reached a milestone of 2,000 registered beta users.WebWidgetry is a Microsoft Visual Studio Plug-in that enables .NET/C# Developers to create Rich Internet applications (RIA’s) faster and with more functionality than using tools currently offered by Microsoft and other third party vendors.
JBoss Application Server 5.0.0 GA released to the community
"We have been waiting for that day for a long time. Too long certainly. But here we are, the community version of JBoss.org AS 5.0 just got released.Our foundations are now ready to absorb the changes the Java landscape will go through in the next 5 years. We have the strongest API-agnostic implementation of the core middleware services - our DNA (messaging, persistence, security, remoting, etc.). We have the most evolutive and flexible microcontainer on the market. Thanks to those two, we are able to morph our DNA to whatever API/programming model the market might move towards, and implement several of those simultaneously if needed. They are the (important) bells and whistles on top of our rock-solid and non-monolithic engine."....
BriefingsDirect analysts review new SOA governance book, propose scope for U.S. tech czar
In this episode, recorded Nov. 7, experts examine SOA governance, how to do it right, its scope, its future, and impact.
SOA Could Rebound as Recession-Busting Strategy
"Adoption of the hard-to-explain technology is down, but it’s still possible to make a convincing business strategy case."....
Open Source Lets Developers Speed SOA Development Despite Economic Slowdown
"A new case study from WSO2, the open source SOA company, highlights how one customer has successfully implemented a SOA initiative to deliver consolidated reporting from enterprise applications distributed across multiple systems."....
JBoss.org Portal Project v 2.7 Now Available
"Red Hat is pleased to announce that JBoss.org Portal project v2.7 is now available. Congratulations to the team for their hard work and dedication on this latest version, which is the first of several versions to be released over the next two years, solidifying Open Source as a leader in the Portal marketplace."....
IDC research shows enterprise SOA adoption deepens based on certain critical practices
"Fresh research from IDC on service oriented architecture (SOA) adoption patterns shows what users of SOA identify as essential success factors. Reaping rewards from SOA may mean even more as tech spending growth is expected to slow. The perceptions are critical as more companies cross from experimentation to more holistic SOA use and its required governance management and lifecycle functions. "....
The death of SOA has been highly exaggerated
"SOA is a good architectural approach and will always be a part of enterprise architecture, long after the SOA TLA has fallen off blog postings, articles, books, and conferences "....
Gartner: SOA growth projections shrinking
"Gartner finds for the first time in five years of surveying that fewer companies have plans to move forward with SOA"....