New Sonic ESB Release Expands Functionality with Improved SOA Management and Enhanced BPEL Instrumentation
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) provides the framework to re-architect IT infrastructure, eliminate redundancy and accelerate project delivery. Many organizations struggle to identify, implement and build on their first SOA forays.
Dr. Jim Webber is a senior consultant with ThoughtWorks Australia where he leads the Web Services and SOA practice. Jim was formerly a senior researcher with UK E-Science where he developed strategies for aligning Grid computing with Web Services practices and architectural patterns for dependable Service-Oriented computing. Jim has extensive Web Services architecture and development experience as an architect with Arjuna Technologies and was the lead developer with Hewlett-Packard on the industry's first Web Services Transaction solution. Jim is an active speaker in the Web Services space and is co-author of the book "Developing Enterprise Web Services - An Architect's Guide." His blog is located at http://jim.webber.name .
I discuss why I believe that if SOAP is slower than a good binary protocol, it's not by much. And it's getting faster.
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