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F5 Networks: Leveraging The Network As An Integral Part Of The Application ZapNote»rank: 5554706by: ZapThink, Ronald D. Schmelzer
: :Despite the important role that networks serve, the realms of application development and network operations have traditionally been separate and disconnected domains. This artificial separation of concerns causes problems when distributed computing approaches merge many of the traditional concepts of application and network. In particular, the movement to Web Services and SOAs eliminates many of the artificial barriers between what was once considered the domain of software, and what was the domain of network hardware. F5 aims to change this IT status quo through its products that give greater ability for network appliances to be utilized as application resources by developers . At the core of their products is their iControl technology, ... |
First Steps to Building a Single View of an SOA Presentation»rank: 5554706by: ZapThink, Ronald D. Schmelzer
: :This presentation was presented for the Software AG webinar and explained the key steps needed to realizing and implementing an SOA. Topics covered: Big picture methodology The SOA implementation Road Map How the ESB fits in Where semantic integration fits in Common pit-falls Cultural issues Things to look for in a vendor Common misconceptions |
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Focus Software: Making Forms More Intelligent ZapNote»rank: 5554706by: ZapThink, Ronald D. Schmelzer
: :Web-based forms are a particularly crude way of soliciting data from users. In HTML, the fields of data that a form solicits, the presentation of that form to the user, and the way that form elements bind to data and send them back to the server are all tightly coupled to each other. It is very difficult to separate the way that a system represents a form from the information that the form contains. The W3C hopes to change this reality by introducing an XML-based specification called XForms that separates form presentation, form logic, and data binding to form elements. In addition, vendors like Focus Software are building XForms-based solutions that enable ... |
Fundamentals of XML, Web Services & SOAs for Financial Services Presentation»rank: 5922393by: ZapThink, Ronald D. Schmelzer
: :There is no trend that is grabbing the market and customers’ attention more so than the movement to standards-based, Service-Oriented Architectures. Yet, few companies understand what exactly are the critical elements to realizing the benefits of this trend. What are SOAs and how do they relate to Web Services and XML, and how is this relevant for me, a member of the financial services industry? Key topics addressed: How are Web Services impacting Financial Services? How can we understand the landscape of emerging financial services standards? What are Service-Oriented Architectures and how are they radically changing the way we build, deploy, and manage IT functionality? What will happen to my job and ... |
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A Guide to Securing XML and Web Services White Paper»rank: 6396856by: ZapThink, Jason Bloomberg, Ronald D. Schmelzer
: :The quantity of XML crossing the enterprise network is dramatically increasing as the range and depth of uses that companies find for XML grows. This torrent of XML traffic offers substantial business value to enterprises, but it also offers a new set of risks. Companies are using Web Services today to facilitate integration with their most important systems, but XML, the heart of Web Services, is by its nature an open, human-readable format, and as a result offers little in the way of inherent security. It is critically important, therefore, for companies to secure their XML and Web Services traffic before they experience serious compromises to their enterprise IT security.The existing traditional ... |
High Performance and Appliance Approaches for XML Report: XML and Web Services at Wire-Speed»rank: 6396856by: ZapThink, Ronald D. Schmelzer
: :Market Overview: New approaches are needed to deal with XML-based messages being exchanged on the network that are exceeding the capabilities of the general purpose hardware and software that is now being applied to the problem. Future Trends XML traffic is expected to increase from under 15% of all network traffic on the network in 2004 to just under 48% of all LAN network traffic by 2008. The total XML performance optimization market will reach $1.2 billion by 2010. Decision Points The effective processing of Very Large Messages (messages that exceed the capabilities of general-purpose processors) is an issue that threatens the long-term viability of SOA implementations. |
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High-Performance Information Aggregation Using XML-Based Operational Data Servers White Paper: Empowering Flexible Data Aggregation in the Financial Services Markets»rank: 3967436by: ZapThink, Ronald D. Schmelzer
: :Financial Service Providers are essentially information-based businesses: their primary asset is the information they store and share. These companies are struggling today with finding the most flexible and cost-effective means to integrate and aggregate information from a wide range of unstructured and semi-structured enterprise data sources. Today’s integration solutions are either targeted only at structured sources of information such as databases, or are too rigid and expensive to handle enterprise information integration and aggregation needs. Furthermore, the unique requirements of Financial Services firms for real-time, scalable access to disparate information has not been successfully met by today’s vendors.This paper presents a solution in the form of a mid-tier information aggregation server that ... |
How to Succeed Through Service Oriented Integration Presentation»rank: 3967436by: ZapThink, Ronald D. Schmelzer
: :Ron Schmelzer, the leading industry analyst from ZapThink will provide advice, based on real-life experience, on how SOI addresses an organization’s integration needs by advantageously leveraging heterogeneity while creating an agile architecture for the future. SOI represents a fundamental change in the way companies architect IT assets. It enables organizations to expose functionality as loosely-coupled, coarse-grained, standards-based, and process-driven services. This webinar will also offer an overview of IONA’s recently announced Artix family of enterprise-class SOI solutions. IONA has been a leader on component-based systems for over a decade. Tune into this webinar to learn how SOI has helped companies reduce IT costs and increase business agility. Find out how Service-Oriented Integration ... |
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Identity & Access Management: Fundamental Prerequisites for Service-Oriented Architectures Presentation»rank: 6408211by: ZapThink, Ronald D. Schmelzer
: :This webinar will focus on ways to tackle the complex challenges that can arise in Identity Management when developing a Service-Oriented Architecture. Topics to be covered: The role of Identity Management in SOA design and implementation Identity mapping across multiple domains and enterprises Assuring SOA security amidst diverse and heterogeneous Identity Management environments Managing Identity in “compound applications” that are comprised of multiple interdependent Web services. In addition, we will explore the case study of Sempra Energy, a Fortune 500 Utility business that worked through the challenges of instituting an effective Identity Management solution for their SOA. Ronald Schmelzer, senior analyst and founder of Zapthink, is a well-known expert in the field ... |
Implementing Secure Web Services in B2B Environments White Paper»rank: 6639478by: ZapThink, Ronald D. Schmelzer
: :Businesses are increasingly seeing Web Services as both a practical and economical way to solve a number of long-standing integration issues. While such companies are using many Web Services and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) approaches to solve integration issues behind the corporate firewall, many companies are also finding significant success in deploying Web Services to solve their business-to-business (B2B) integration challenges. Yet, successful deployment of B2B Web Services involves careful consideration of a number of significant issues, not the least of which is making sure that the Services interactions between companies are secured and reliable. This whitepaper illustrates how companies can surmount their security challenges as they roll out B2B Web Services solutions. ... |