Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) White Papers

A Computing survey has found that few enterprises would describe themselves as able to move swiftly enough to make the most of new opportunities. Poorly organised, inconsistent data and a complex IT integration infrastructure are part of the problem VIEW SUMMARY

It is imperative that enterprises stay electronically connected with their key stakeholders – business partners, customers, employees, investors, so that they’re always on, always active. This paper presents the eight key best practices that enterprises must adopt to fully realise their potential. VIEW SUMMARY

This report looks at how Amazon were able to introduce a platform that allowed them to scale and meet their continuing growth. The enterprise integration group’s project had two goals; remove the technical barriers from the old platform that was hindering growth, and reduce costs per transaction. VIEW SUMMARY

As datavolumes and complexity increase, many companies face the challenge of effectively integrating that data to make strategic business decisions. A recent survey of Computerworld’s audience provides insight into the ways midsize to large organisations are grappling with data integration. VIEW SUMMARY

Organisations are rapidly adopting Microsoft SharePoint as a standard platform for their online collaboration, portal, and other mission-critical services. This white paper outlines the planning, guidelines and implementation considerations for SharePoint data protection and disaster recovery VIEW SUMMARY

Business performance takes a hit when knowledge is dispersed, inaccessible or lost. Much of that knowledge is contained in email. This White Paper looks at a centralised approach using a cloud-based email archiving system which maintains knowledge and helps employees become more productive. VIEW SUMMARY

Today, there is a lot of pressure on executives, and, in particular, on CIOs to perform during this time of economic recovery. This paper anaylses Oracle’s survey results, to show that the best defense from the downed economy is an aggressive offensive of current and future revenue generation. VIEW SUMMARY

This paper presents a variety of technologies that are available for accelerating the processing of large data volumes, including massive parallelisation, optimised data-set-mode processing based on Map Reduce, grid deployment, and load balancing. VIEW SUMMARY

In today’s rapidly changing environment, much is being said about the need for business agility, integration and optimisation. This white paper describes the principles for the convergence of BPM and SOA from an information system perspective. VIEW SUMMARY