WS Platform

Danish Broadband Supplier Uses JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform for Integration

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:45:00 EDT

Red Hat announced that Cybercity has chosen to use the JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform for system integration and middleware. The JBoss solution is expected to reduce Cybercity's total cost of ownership (TCO). In selecting an SOA solution, Cybercity initially evaluated Oracle Fusion, BEA WebLogic and JBoss solutions. The organization ultimately selected the JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform over an existing BEA WebLogic platform and its pre-installed COTS closed source system for the provisioning of Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) customers. In the future the JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform will serve as a link between systems such as the CRM/Customer support client, backend BSS/Billing system, external partners, ISP platforms and the actual network itself.

WSDL 2.0: A Pragmatic Analysis and an Interoperation Framework

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:30:00 EDT

Web Service Description Language (WSDL) represents an IDL describing the contract between the service requestor and the service provider in much the same way that a Java interface represents a contract between client code and an actual Java object. The crucial difference is that WSDL is platform- and language-independent and used primarily (although not exclusively) to describe SOAP services.

i-Technology Viewpoint: Is Web 2.0 the Global SOA?

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:45:00 EST

The subject of Web 2.0 has become profoundly important over the last year. Web 2.0 describes the next generation of the Web as an application platform where most of a user's software experience resides. The subject is somewhat controversial, but it's becoming ever more apparent as the successor to monolithic system architecture, prepackaged software, and traditional Web applications.

Contract-First Web Services: 6 Reasons to Start with WSDL and Schema

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 04:45:00 EST

I believe that there is a strong tendency for developers to think of Web services as methods. In reality it is not that simple. A Web service defines an XML conversation between client and server. Yet, when a developer sits down to create Web services he or she usually starts by creating a method.

Web Services Platforms Emerge

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 15:00:00 EDT

J2EE application servers enabled mainstream developers to build sophisticated multitiered Web applications that use mature standards and any of several commercial and open source application server platforms. A similar pattern has now emerged with the maturation of standard platforms for enabling service-oriented architecture (SOA) through Web services. These Web services platforms provide the same mainstream developer community with design patterns for implementing composite applications that leverage adapters, integration, transformation, business process management, and Web services. This article examines the key requirements for an effective Web services platform, related standards, and what impact this is having on developers and enterprise IT.