http://www.janapriya.net/soa Thoughts on Service Oriented Architecture and Beyond.. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:16:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Service Oriented Architecture is mostly popular because it promises interoperability between heterogeneous applications and technologies with least hassle in application integration. A service's loose coupling to host applications gives it the ability to share data across enterprises more easily. Using SOA's increase reusability, overall costs could be minimized with increased ... http://www.janapriya.net/soa/2008/10/30/the-need-of-soa-governance/ People tend to define Service Oriented Architecture Governance differently, such as: SOA Governance is processes that an enterprise puts in place to ensure that things are done, in accordance with best practices, architectural principles, government regulations, laws, and other determining factors. SOA governance refers to the processes used to govern adoption ... http://www.janapriya.net/soa/2008/10/30/what-is-soa-governance/ In the modern day, information technology (IT) systems of the enterprise are continuously challenged with demands to serve ever changing requirements. In order to get more out of existing investments, rather than developing new applications to serve such demands, IT companies are moving towards the service-oriented paradigm. What is a service? In ... http://www.janapriya.net/soa/2008/10/30/service-oriented-architecture-the-soa/ A webinar, ideal for those who want to be enlightened by the features and facilities available in WSO2 WSF/PHP 2.0 and also for those looking for ways to integrate applications with SOA and WOA implementations. Title: Introducing Enterprise Web services with WSO2 WSF/PHP 2.0 Date: September 23, 2008 Start Time: 9.00 am PST Duration: ... http://www.janapriya.net/soa/2008/09/12/introducing-enterprise-web-services-with-wso2-wsfphp-20/ My article on SOA Governance with WSO2 Registry 1.1 is published in the WSO2 oxygen tank. link: http://wso2.org/library/articles/soa-governance-wso2-registry-v1-1 http://www.janapriya.net/soa/2008/08/19/soa-governance-with-wso2-registry-11/ This is interesting.. http://janapriya.net/blog/2008/07/14/service-oriented-architecture-soa-robotics/ http://www.janapriya.net/soa/2008/07/14/soa-robotics/ Rogue Services the ‘Silent Killer’ in SOA : Myths and Realities Extracted from [1], Rogue services within an SOA are mismanaged or lost Web services that cause problems for unknowing IT managers who might be using them. In a worst-case scenario, a rogue service does not comply with business policies and/or compliance ... http://www.janapriya.net/soa/2008/07/14/rogue-services-the-%e2%80%98silent-killer%e2%80%99-in-soa-myths-and-realities/ I've been using WSF/PHP on Linux Platform for a while now. Today, I wanted to try it out on Windows platform. Though there is a comprehensive installation guide out there, I thought it would be nice to have a summarized version for windows. What is WSF/PHP ? Extracted from the product page ... http://www.janapriya.net/soa/2008/02/09/installing-wsfphp-in-windows-using-the-binary-package/ Consider this as the "Hello world!" to my new SOA and Web services blog! http://www.janapriya.net/soa/2008/02/02/web-services/