Bill Roth's Blog @ SOA WORLD MAGAZINE

Bill Roth's Blog

There are a number of tools out there which aspire to make building Rich Internet Applications easier. Some of them focus on server side logic, like Oracle. Others focus on a native runtime on the client like Adobe Flex and Microsoft. Still others fo

Posted: Jun. 30, 2008 02:06 AM

Another Chapter Begins

At the end of this week, I will no longer be employed by BEA Systems. It has been a great 4 years working at BEA, and undoubtedly the highlight of my career thus far. I have enjoyed the opportunity to write for the BEA developer community, and to lea

Posted: May. 6, 2008 03:21 PM

* JRockit Mission Control Now On Eclipse! *

JRockit Mission Control is now available via BEA's Eclipse Update Site.

Posted: Mar. 14, 2008 02:22 PM

** Fastest Ever: Workshop 10.2 released **

Workshop 10.2 is available now. Its the fastest and highest quality product we've ever produced.

Posted: Mar. 4, 2008 05:58 PM

BEA World Shanghai, Day 2

Reporting live from the Keynotes at BEA World 2007 Shanghai

Posted: Dec. 12, 2007 10:02 PM

BEA World Shanghai, Day 1

The happenings in Shanghai for BEA World China 2007.

Posted: Dec. 11, 2007 10:20 PM

Semantics at Gilbane

Ruminations on Semantics at the Gilbane Content Management Conference

Posted: Nov. 29, 2007 02:43 PM

We need your help. Is UML important?

Is UML important? Please take a short survey to give us your opinion.

Posted: Nov. 16, 2007 05:58 PM

What Programming Frameworks Are You Using?

It's time again for our semi-annual BEA Workshop Framework survey. Could you help us out by answering a few short questions on what development frameworks you are using? Could you please follow this link and take the survey? One respondent...

Posted: Oct. 24, 2007 07:35 PM

** BEA Workshop Studio NOW WITH FLEX! **

The BEA Workshop bundle with Adobe Flex is now available. (Updated with Example)

Posted: Oct. 8, 2007 03:52 PM

Adobe's Kevin Lynch and Microsoft's Scott Guthrie to Keynote AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo

By RIA News Desk

Two of the biggest launches in Rich Internet Application history took place in 2007/2008 when Adobe

Leveraging SCA for Standardizing the Composite Application Ecosystem

By Sudeep Mallick; Ashwini Kumar Jeksani

Composite applications are the new breed of applications that are built rapidly by composing ready-m

SOA Issues Are People Issues...Not Technology

By David Linthicum

According to the Burton Group, the issues around SOA are not so much about technology and complexity

SOA: Preparing for Mashups

By David Linthicum

It's important to remember that there is a huge resource being created on the Web these days in term

Best Practices for SOA: Building a Data Services Layer

By John Goodson; Jason Bloomberg

These days nearly every sizable organization has either implemented some form of SOA or has it on th

The Unreliable Internet

By Michael Galpin

The Internet's a dangerous place for a message. Component failures, network connection issues, and o

SOA World Editorial - Discovering Dr. Dolittle

By Sean Rhody

From the title, you might be thinking that I'm about to start this month's editorial with a referenc

SOA or DOA

By Hon Wong

Web applications built on a service-oriented architecture (SOA) promise to greatly improve IT effici

Mashups Accelerating and SOA Is Along for the Ride

By David Linthicum

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that mashups are moving from things that are concep

IBM Empowers Business Users with Customized Web 2.0 Software

By Web 2.0 News Desk

IBM announced IBM Mashup Center will be hosted as a free trial on the Web with which non-technical b

SOA Governance vs SOA Management

By Sean Rhody

It seems like not a day goes by lately in which some new story of malfeasance in office doesn't come

Virtualization - Cisco Reportedly Creates SOAP-Slipping RPC Protocol

By Maureen O'Gara

According to CIO.com, Cisco has a new SOAP-replacing messaging protocol called Etch, born out of its

Timing the Market with Distributed Genetics

By Derek Ferguson

I've always been puzzled by the ability of some traders to consistently make money. A cynic would sa

Layer 7 Technologies Expands SOA Into Belgian Market

By SOA World Magazine News Desk

Layer 7 Technologies announced its go-to-market partnership with Steria Benelux. Steria will act as

SOA World - Growing an SOA Garden

By Stuart Smith

Adopting SOA is a lot like gardening. It takes time, skill, a lot of hard work, and the process can

Long-Tail SOA and the Mythology of Re-Use

By Marc Rix

Not all services are created equal. It would be great if implementing SOA were simply a matter of ap

SOA World - SOA SDLC: On-Demand

By Rami Jaamour

Spending time with my parents over the holidays got me thinking about the differences between this g

SOA's Second Act: Dynamic Documents Top the Agenda

By Jake Sorofman

While SOA has traditionally had something of a data obsession. While the focus has been on service-e

A SOA Adaptation Strategy

By Ramy Abaas

Interoperability is the ability of two or more systems to work with each other. In the loosely coupl

Can Agile Development & Model-Driven Design Solve the Broken Delivery Process?

By Jack Kennedy

The software delivery process has long faced many challenges, many of which are exacerbated by the n