Most organizations that have tried have been successful in implementing a
pliable Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) paradigm. Analysts have come out
with strategies to translate existing applications into SOA-compliant systems
using a staggered approach. The rewards reaped come in the form of low-cost
maintenance and agility in their business, along with reusable and
self-contained services. But there are still challenges in this form of
service-based architecture and solutions need to be devised.
One of the biggest hurdles has been coordinating technology-agnostic services
into a single long-running unit of work that produces predictable results.
The transactions running across multiple services over multiple domains need
to be synchronized to maintain business integr... (more)
The quality of any application is determined by the robustness and
scalability of the system. It's mandatory to simulate the actual environment
and test the application for preparedness. Web Services-savvy applications
need a different methodology for testing in a real-world scenario. The
UI-less nature of Web Services presents a significant challenge in testing
such applications. The wh... (more)
Web services have evolved from plain application-integration enablers to
value-added stand-alone functionality providers such as getting a quote to a
comprehensive business function like processing orders. Enterprises are
exploiting this new revenue model by offering such business functions as
services on usage basis. Information sharing instances such as Amazon's
e-commerce services hav... (more)
Sunny Saxena currently works with the Web Services Centre of Excellence in SETLabs, the technology research division at Infosys Technologies, India. His interests range from Web service security platforms to aspect-oriented development models.
Keith Bergelt
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John Karamitsos
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Bob Little
Alois Reitbauer
Chris Schin
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