Oracle Snaps Up SOA Specialist AmberPoint
By Larry Barrett | Applications Article Published February 08, 2010
The acquisition-happy software juggernaut adds another piece to its ever-expanding software portfolio, picking up the privately held maker of service-oriented architecture (SOA) management applications.
Tags: Sun Microsystems, SOA, Oracle, SAP, AmberPoint

IT Career Crisis Management: Five Lucrative Areas
By Steve Andriole | Careers/Staffing Article Published September 01, 2009
Five specialties within IT that are likely to remain in demand in the years ahead.
Tags: search, SOA, vertical, IT Jobs/Salary, IT jobs

Oracle Unveils Fusion Middleware 11g
By Alex Goldman | Data Storage Article Published July 01, 2009
Vendor chest-thumping aside, this release represents a gargantuan investment in software development.
Tags: virtualization, services, open source, SOA, Oracle

New Player Hopes to Shake Up Datacenter
By Alex Goldman | Networks Article Published June 23, 2009
The new vendor AccelOps hopes to gain market share in the rush toward virtualization and cloud computing.
Tags: virtualization, VMWare, Microsoft, services, SOA

Red Hat Moves JBoss to Broaden Middleware
By Sean Michael Kerner | Open Source Article Published May 19, 2009
Red Hat's new solution helps it broaden its open source middleware portfolio and could well bring it into more direct competition against middleware stacks from IBM and Oracle.
Tags: policy, open source, SOA, IBM, Oracle

Enterprise Software Demand to Weaken
By Richard Adhikari | Applications Article Published December 15, 2008
Everybody will be cutting costs, but there will be some bright spots.
Tags: virtualization, services, open source, SOA, SaaS

Arms Race Continues in SOA
By Richard Adhikari | Applications Article Published October 08, 2008
HP and IBM load up on new features while refining their focuses -- each aiming to cash in on the appeal for software-oriented architecture.
Tags: handhelds, HP, services, SOA, Blackberry

Microsoft Managed Services Engine How To: Virtualize Your SOA
By Steve Stefanovich | Networks Article Published October 03, 2008
Use the Microsoft Managed Services Engine to manage the changes in your SOA.
Tags: policy, virtualization, Microsoft, services, SOA

Oracle's Big Show will be BEA's Coming Out Party
By Richard Adhikari | News Article Published September 22, 2008
None other than Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps will join Oracle CEO Larry Ellison at the Oracle OpenWorld conference this week.
Tags: open source, SOA, IBM, Larry Ellison, Oracle

IBM's eXtreme Approach to BI, Data Streaming
By Tim Scannell | Applications Article Published September 10, 2008
A range of product introductions are designed to leverage IBM's investment in Business Event Processing.
Tags: virtualization, services, Linux, SOA, IBM

Which Technologies are Transforming IT?
By James Maguire | News Article Published August 25, 2008
Based on a survey of about 500 industry professionals, there’s disagreement about which technologies are having the most impact.
Tags: Google, virtualization, services, SOA

BPM Tie-up Craze Claims IBM, Ilog
By Richard Adhikari | Applications Article Published July 29, 2008
Big Blue and the software maker make their long partnership complete.
Tags: services, SOA, IBM, Oracle, server

Oracle, Salesforce.com Apps Now on iPhone
By Richard Adhikari | Mobile/Wireless Article Published July 11, 2008
UPDATED: The iPhone edges closer to becoming an enterprise tool, but it has a long way to go.
Tags: wireless, Sun Microsystems, services, iPhone, SOA

Enterprise Unix Roundup: Sun Should Loosen Up
By Brian Proffitt | Networks Article Published July 04, 2008
Sun is trying to be a good open source citizen, but to truly succeed it needs to let loose of the reins a bit and let open source methodology do the work.
Tags: Sun Microsystems, Linux, open source, SOA, Red Hat

Enterprise Unix Roundup: Making Good on a Promise
By Brian Proffitt | Networks Article Published June 20, 2008
When IBM started shipping machines with Linux, people thought AIX was a goner. Or Linux soon would be marginalized. Eight years later, neither has happened, and one very positive outcome has resulted.
Tags: HP, Linux, open source, SOA, IBM

Five-Year Plan Bears Fruit for SAP
By Richard Adhikari | Applications Article Published June 20, 2008
Software projects in the works with VMware and others.
Tags: VMWare, SOA, CA, Sarbanes-Oxley, SAP

Can HP Broaden SOA's Appeal?
By Richard Adhikari | IT Management Article Published May 04, 2008
The system giant has enhanced its testing and management products to improve service-oriented architecture.
Tags: policy, HP, services, SOA, marketing

IBM's Vertical Approach to SOA
By Larry Barrett | IT Management Article Published January 13, 2008
Big Blue thinks strategic, industry-specific platforms like its Retail Integration Framework will hasten SOA adoption in the U.S.
Tags: Microsoft, SOA, IBM, Oracle, middleware

Does IT Certification Matter Anymore?
By James Maguire | IT Management Article Published May 09, 2007
The value of IT certification changes as technology changes, so it benefits tech workers to stay current with employers’ attitudes toward certs.
Tags: wireless, SOA, VoIP, IT career, IT certifications