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SOA Centers of Excellence: Preserving Order Amid Change: When first entertaining the notion of a Service-Oriented Architecture SOA, most information technology IT professionals and business leaders rightly imagine the many benefits that their organizations will see in improved customer interaction, greater business agility, efficient asset reuse, and flexible growth options. Indeed, SOA is one of the bright lights...; Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2008-03-21
SOA Best Practices and Design Patterns: Keys to Successful Service-Oriented Architecture Implementation: There is no question that the successful implementation of Service-Oriented Architecture SOA relies on a careful and holistic approach to business planning. One of the most important tools in the evaluation, purchase, and ongoing use of SOA is the body of best practices that vendors, consultants, and customers have compiled....; Tags: Design Pattern, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2008-04-03
Innovate Over ERP with Service-Oriented Architecture, Business Process Management, and Enterprise Social Computing: In this free white paper, learn how to unlock the hidden potential of SAP and other Enterprise Resource Planning ERP systems to improve agility and responsiveness. Discover how the right mix of Service-Oriented Architecture SOA, Business Process Management BPM, and Enterprise Social Computing can dramatically increase the return on...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Operational planning, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Business process automation, Social networking, Enterprise software, Web services, BEA Systems Inc., social computing, SOA, BPM, ERP, business process; White papers 2008-04-21
The Next Step: Extracting Value From Sarbanes-Oxley: Accompanying the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was a ruling by the Securities and Exchange Commission requiring that publicly traded companies expedite external financial reporting timelines. This ruling would have garnered greater attention if not for SOA, which has consumed finance resources. However, as SOA Year One is wrapping up for...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Financial accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley, Web services, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Protiviti, financial reporting, SOA, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, finance, financial; White papers
Making an Impact on Everyday People: Ford Motor Company, headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, is the world's second largest automaker, with approximately 335,000 employees in 200 markets on six continents. The bulk of Ford's IT systems, including Web-oriented systems, can be characterized as tightly coupled monolithic applications and subsystems. One of Ford's initial steps toward realizing the...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, IBM Corp., Ford Motor Co., SOA, open standard, information technology, benefit, Web; Case studies

Building SOA Work Flows With BPM: SOA in conjunction with Business Process Management BPM makes it possible for enterprises to utilize core processing applications that offer best-of-breed services to create a completely automated system for managing the firm's business. This is accomplished by using the SOA to represent business functions as simple, generic interfaces based on...; Tags: Operational planning, Business process automation, Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Strategy, Enterprise software, BPM, business function, business process, SOA; White papers
SOA Needs BPM: BPM is becoming a comprehensive solution that automatically models, monitors, simulates, and redesigns processes to provide competitive advantage. Today's BPM suites enable an operational environment of integrated human and automated workflows that can adapt to events and operational outcomes. The end result increases the flexibility in business operations. The business...; Tags: Business process automation, Operational planning, Strategy, Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Enterprise software, BPM, SOA, competitive advantage, monitor, environment, information technology; White papers
Does SAS 70 Suffice for SOA?: With the 2004 deadlines for Sarbanes-Oxley filings fast approaching, many organizations started searching with a growing sense of urgency for tools and strategies that provided management and external auditor's assurances that the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules are being met in all critical areas. The paper depicts that while SAS...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Financial accounting, Protiviti, SAS Institute, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, audit, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, outsource, SOA, compliance, tool, financial, strategy; White papers
Streamline to Success: The Real Mid-Market Experience: Insurance: The challenges being faced by mid-market insurers today are no secret. Companies have to introduce new products quickly, improve their flexibility to make system changes faster, battle to retain existing customers, acquire new business, and overcome operational and organizational inefficiencies. But how can insurers achieve speed and agility...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), IBM Corp., insurance company, SOA, information technology, insurance; Webcasts
Service-Oriented Architecture -- Simplified: IBM WebSphere Vice-President Sandy Carter talks with IBM's David Poole about the power of Service-Oriented Architecture SOA. Discover how it can help your business reduce costs, gain greater flexibility, uncover new business value, and become more competitive.; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA, IBM Corp.; Webcasts
Understanding the Implications of SOX to SOA: While a Service-Oriented Architecture SOA conveniently allows applications built on Web services to access other applications without using human intermediates, such robust capabilities can complicate compliance with the identity and access controls mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 SOX. The financial controls and reporting required by section 404 of...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Web services, Layer 7 Technologies Inc., Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SOA, identity, SOX compliance, access management, Section 404, access control, on-demand, compliance, Web service, financ; Webcasts
Use Google to Search for Documents: Google searches can produce more than just Web links. Suppose, for instance, you're looking for documents related to sales, marketing, SEO, or the like. Techtracer shows you how to take advantage of Google's "filetype" search parameter, complete with clickable examples: Let's say I want to...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Rick Broida, SOA, Google Inc.; Blog posts 2008-02-25
Multi-Enterprise SOAs: The Most Important Paradigm Shift for Enterprise Revenue Growth: This in-depth white paper describes IT's maturing role in today's dynamic, interconnected business environment. It documents the trend toward the interdependence of executive decision-making and IT. For the enterprise to manage its critical, ever-shifting relationships for maximum shareholder value, IT must mature from a siloed technical island into...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Strategy, Sterling Commerce, SOA, information technology, shareholder; White papers 2007-12-01
Video: SOA for the masses: Video: SOA for the massesAnother Great SOA Video, Keep them Coming!Keep producing the videos! SOA is important....Great Comments, SOA is so new and taming the concept inline with Business Process Management is critical. Our company Matrix Systems is Tackling many projects that couple Business Process Management, Service Oriented Architecture and...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Operational planning, Business process automation, Web services, Enterprise software, Middleware, Strategy, video, SOA, BPM, business process; Discussion threads 2007-07-29
Video: What is SOA?: Video: What is SOA?+Good SOA Video!Great Comments, SOA is so new and taming the concept inline with Business Process Management is critical. Our company Matrix Systems is Tackling many projects that couple Business Process Management, Service Oriented Architecture and ITIL. Having BPM, SOA, & ITIL work together makes for an...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Operational planning, Business process automation, Web services, Enterprise software, Middleware, ITIL, Strategy, video, SOA, BPM, business process; Discussion threads 2007-07-29
The Perennial Struggle: Analysis vs. Intuition: The Perennial Struggle: Analysis vs. IntuitionIt's Monday 9:00am do you know where your ERP is???Great Comments, SOA is so new and taming the concept inline with Business Process Management is critical. Our company Matrix Systems is Tackling many projects that couple Business Process Management, Service Oriented Architecture and ITIL. Having...; Tags: Operational planning, Business process automation, Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Enterprise software, Strategy, ITIL, Web services, BPM, SOA, business process, analysis; Discussion threads 2007-07-29
The Marketing Secrets of Marc Benioff: The Marketing Secrets of Marc BenioffI always liked Sales Force's Marketing!Great Comments, SOA is so new and taming the concept inline with Business Process Management is critical. Our company Matrix Systems is Tackling many projects that couple Business Process Management, Service Oriented Architecture and ITIL. Having BPM, SOA, & ITIL...; Tags: Operational planning, Business process automation, Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Strategy, ITIL, Enterprise software, Web services, BPM, SOA, business process, Marc Benioff, marketing; Discussion threads 2007-07-29
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Issues: Compliance issues have always plagued financial businesses, but the Sarbanes-Oxley Act SOA of 2002 increased the level of concern companies face concerning accounting and reporting regulations. The law, which applies to all firms that issue securities traded on US securities markets, contains several requirements for firms to comply with. It...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Sarbanes-Oxley, Web services, Regulatory compliance, Middleware, Regulations, MessageLabs Ltd., business communication, SOA, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, accounting, financial, security; White papers 2007-10-01
IBM Federal SOA Institute: The IBM Federal SOA Institute's mission is to help the federal government adopt and benefit from service oriented architecture SOA by providing a robust education environment, advanced solution development capabilities, and by promoting innovation and collaboration. Learn more about the Institute, its mission, and its capabilities in this brief...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), IBM Corp., SOA, collaboration, benefit; White papers 2007-03-01
Telecom Web Services: Service Delivery Made Easy: Telecom Web Services allows network operators to accelerate the adoption of enterprise/IT software concepts such as Service Oriented Architecture SOA into the telecoms domain. They enable the exploitation of the highly successful Internet service development model to drive forward service innovation, whilst at the same time reducing costs. With this...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Web services, telecommunications, SOA, domain, QoS, Internet service, leadership, Web service, asset, network, Internet, Web, software; White papers 2007-03-01