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SOAInstitute.org to Focus on APIs

 As businesses turn digital and ecosystems become increasingly open, the nature of integration is changing. SOA helped us connect IT transactions and systems within a controlled environment. APIs will help us turn legacy into advantage, exposing assets to be consumed by innovators outside your own team. The transformative power of APIs will last twice as long and have many times the impact of the web. Whether you goal is to drive innovation, become a mobile business, or navigate a hybrid cloud, APIs are part and parcel of your strategy.

In principle, the acronym API stands for Application Programming Interfaces, but the notion of what API means has evolved significantly. APIs today are quite different from the application programming interfaces of old, and the transition from SOA to API centric systems is a very natural one. Enterprises that embark on this journey will continue to leverage the engineering practices embraced by SOA, but will extend their ecosystem in new ways through APIs. Experiencing the power of APIs involves much more than simply data monetization. The power of APIs can be successfully applied to business challenges ranging from changing business models to embracing a world of devices and sensors.
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Is SOA really a failure?

By: Keshav Deshpande, Sr Software Architect, IntegrityOne Partners

I recently came across an article titled "SOA is dead, long live services!" It grabbed my attention (in fact, it is subject of a very lively discussion in the blogosphere), and got me thinking about how SOA has come to reach the "trough of disillusionment" stage. I decided to put some thoughts together, a sort of "a posteriori" analysis of my own experiences. So, why do SOA projects fail? We have the usual litany of suspects: market over-hype, vendor "marketecture", lack of skilled resources, funding, etc. But that would be too easy, maybe even a cop out.

What role should SaaS play in your BPM strategy?

Contributed by:Neil Ward-Dutton,  Research Director,  MWD Advisors
By: Neil Ward-Dutton, Research Director, MWD

Driven by the continued success of companies like Salesforce.com, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery model has become an increasingly important element of the mix of technology sourcing options available to enterprises over the past two years. Recently, a number of vendors have introduced SaaS-based BPM technology tools and platforms, eager to “surf the wave” and ensure that they don’t miss out on any opportunities, should enterprises start to shift wholesale to using the SaaS model for their IT capabilities.

Business / IT Collaboration Model: A Practical Approach

By: Tim Musschoot, Senior Enterprise Architecture Consultant, Inno.com

The collaboration between the business department and IT department of an organization has been subject to research by many organizational professionals. Some companies manage things very well, others have their problems. This article will not provide you with a silver bullet for business & IT alignment, but provides some practical directions for establishing a business driven collaboration.

Enterprise Architecture Works Best as a Roadmap - Not a Blueprint

Contributed by:Ken Mullins,  Senior Principal,  MITRE Corporation
By: Kenneth Mullins, Chief Engineer, Enterprise Transformation Division, The MITRE Corporation

Ever heard the old saw – perhaps in a crowded sports arena or while standing in front of the TV on game day –, “You’d make a better door than a window?” The idea, of course, is that one can see through a window but not a door.

SOA Repository Best Practice

Contributed by:John Moe,  Principal Consultant,  J Moe Associates
By: John Moe, Head of Business Integration, TORI Global

For those of us who have been developing applications for many years (think COBOL & Assembler from the 70s and 80s), the idea of having a code library (programs and routines) is nothing new. However for the Web Services generation, this concept has taken a while to re-emerge, but has now been packaged in the form of a services registry and/or repository.

Unlocking the Door to Web Service Security

By: John Jones, Vice President of Application & Integration Services, HighPoint Solutions

Many companies have embraced the concepts of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) at least to the point of creating a few Web Services that are consumed by different applications. Embracing the use of SOA often comes about when an Enterprise Architect is sitting in a kickoff meeting and the need to reuse some critical data foundation functionality, such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM) or Master Data Management (MDM)—through the use of a service interface rather than replication of a nightly batch feed—arises.

Retailers Gain Fast Payback and Long-Term Value with Business Process Management

Retailers around the world are at in important inflection point. Pressure emanating from the global economic downturn has only exacerbated an already tough, competitive environment. Retailers are making business decisions today that will have far-reaching ramifications. It is clear that those that identify how to increase information technologies' impact on business performance, reducing costs and increasing revenue, will have a tactical and strategic advantage.

How to Combine Lean Six Sigma, SOA & BPM To Deliver Real Business Results

Lean Six Sigma (LSS) produces real results in difficult economic times by uncovering process waste, reducing non-value adding activity, and increasing productivity. Business process management (BPM) and service-oriented architectures (SOAs) combine with LSS to accelerate improvements and results. At the same time, this combination increases organizational flexibility and technology-enabled responsiveness, key to positioning the company for growth as the economy improves.Lean Six Sigma (LSS) produces real results in difficult economic times by uncovering process waste, reducing non-value adding activity, and increasing productivity. Business process management (BPM) and service-oriented architectures (SOAs) combine with LSS to accelerate improvements and results. At the same time, this combination increases organizational flexibility and technology-enabled responsiveness, key to positioning the company for growth as the economy improves.

Decisions and Complex Event Processing

Contributed by:Claye Greene,  Managing Director,  Technology Blue, Inc.
By: Claye Greene, Principal Consultant, Technology Blue, Inc.

Complex event processing (CEP) continually evolves as a technology to help organizations react to various business conditions such as threats and market opportunities. CEP technologies excel at taking raw, voluminous amounts of event data, accumulating it, correlating it and aggregating it in forms that facilitate critical decision-making.

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