Thomas Rischbeck, a contributor to Thomas Erl's SOA Design Patterns, wants to clear the air on some of the confusion and controversy that has been associated with enterprise service buses (ESBs). From ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. For years the Enterprise Service ...

In about a week, three SOA vendors will be announcing the launch of something they call the "SOA Maturity Model," which embodies the five key phases of the SOA lifecycle, from initial projects to ...

Whenever an activity occurs in repetition, such as programming, patterns emerge and can be documented. The benefits of documenting and using software design patterns are well established, as are some ...