Service Oriented Architectures White Papers

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A Rational approach to integration testing
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Developers need to deliver high-quality applications and lower testing costs, but as applications only increase in complexity, these can seem like impossible feats. Fortunately, this resource explores how to achieve those goals and keep up with the rate of change with continuous integration testing.
Posted: 24 Sep 2013 | Published: 31 Jul 2012

IBM

Transport, Location and Semantics
sponsored by Progress
WHITE PAPER: This paper describes how an enterprise service bus (ESB) enables interoperability at "the seven key points of mediation," which is necessary to achieve the goals of service oriented architecture (SOA): reuse and agility. It spotlights the first three points of mediation: transport, location, and semantics.
Posted: 28 Nov 2011 | Published: 31 Dec 2010

Progress

Key Strategies for IT Success in Today's Distribution Environment
sponsored by Epicor Software Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides high level definitions, opportunity identification, and future potentials for: Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Software as a Service (SaaS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Anytime, Anywhere Availability, Mobile Devices, Web 2.0, and Report Cards or Balanced Scorecards as a Business Intelligence (BI) capability.
Posted: 25 Oct 2011 | Published: 21 Oct 2011

Epicor Software Corporation

Journal of Management Excellence: The Value of Information
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: In this issue, our authors have done an outstanding job of exploring many facets of VOI. Robert Shimp discusses the shift in the economy from that of a services economy to an information management economy.
Posted: 09 May 2011 | Published: 31 Mar 2011

Oracle Corporation

IT Service Management: Lay the foundation for reliable IT operations and support
sponsored by BMC-Accenture
WHITE PAPER: As companies strive to improve performance, they typically encounter several challenges along the way. This white paper describes a few of these obstacles and explains why a service-oriented, lifecycle-based approach to management is essential.
Posted: 19 Aug 2011 | Published: 19 Aug 2011

BMC-Accenture

Business Driven Process Management
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses how Oracle BPM empowers businesses to optimize their processes. Inside, learn how you can effectively participate in the entire process lifecycle – starting from definition, feedback, modeling, design through implementation, and management of business processes.
Posted: 31 Oct 2013 | Published: 31 Jan 2013

Oracle Corporation

WebSphere MQ 7.0 Features and Enhancements
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: This e-book provides details about IBM WebSphere MQ V7.0 product features and enhancements required for individuals and organizations to make informed application and design decisions prior to implementing a WebSphere MQ infrastructure or begin development of a WebSphere MQ application.
Posted: 03 Jan 2012 | Published: 28 Dec 2011

IBM

Industrial SOA Series
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to read a variety of articles on service-oriented architecture (SOA), on topics ranging from SOA blueprints to SOA mobile solutions.
Posted: 30 Oct 2013 | Published: 30 Oct 2013

Oracle Corporation

The New Business of Technology: Extend, Transact, and Optimize
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: New opportunities for engagement bring with them new requirements for IT workloads and system structures. This resource outlines a three-part approach for extending SOA principles to outside business engagements: extending applications, processes and services, transacting with integrity, scale and speed, and optimizing business operations.
Posted: 17 May 2013 | Published: 31 Jul 2012

IBM

The Quest for a Cloud Integration Strategy
sponsored by DellEMC and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses how it is equally critical that businesses consider the need for scalability- both in terms of the growth of the customer base and the expansion of back-office solutions to include future purchases of SaaS, PaaS, and cloud computing applications.
Posted: 18 Jun 2012 | Published: 31 Oct 2011

DellEMC and Intel®