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• Going mobile: A portable approach to process improvement

  Mobile computing is poised to enable radical transformation in just about every aspect of business, and BPM programs are no exception. But reaping mobile’s many benefits requires a solid strategy.  Continue Reading

• Guide to integration architecture

  The landscape of integration architecture is shifting as service-oriented and cloud-based architecture take the fore.  Continue Reading

• Farquharson on API management: 'Focus on business-developer relationship'

  A new style of API is driving change in business, API management and application development, taking services interfaces into business suites once off limits to SOA.  Continue Reading

• HTML5 browsers gain influence as application integration pendulum swings

  HTML5 browser front ends on new Mobile Web apps give added importance to the 'client' in the client server equation. But SOA has a back-end role too. Scalability is an issue for heavily used applications.  Continue Reading

• Old SOA versus new SOA? Open APIs change the game

  The ‘Goracle’ Android trial shows API evolution. It’s seen too in API management tools. Established SOA is meeting a new SOA of open APIs, some say.  Continue Reading

• How will mainframes fare in the face of mobile and Web?

  Heard at IBM Impact: Mainframes mean high-integrity transactions. How does this jibe with mobile apps using ''eventually consistent'' transactions?  Continue Reading

• Is REST remaking SOA? Gateways add features

  Lightweight REST-based SOA is beginning to exist aside established enterprise SOA. Crosscheck’s Mamoon Yunus discusses the trend.  Continue Reading

• IBM moves on messaging middleware management front

  In this interview with SearchSOA, IBM integration vice president Kathy McGroddy Goetz talks middleware management and SOA.  Continue Reading

• Simplicity, security drive MQ management trends

  In a world of abundant endpoints and heterogeneous application environments, messaging middleware is becoming increasingly prevalent—and complex.  Continue Reading

• Decision management: Closing the ‘Insight-to-Action’ gap

  Effective decision management can create serious competitive value—but only if those decisions lead to quantifiable business benefits  Continue Reading

• BPEL trends update: We’ll always have orchestration

  BPEL’s role as Web services orchestrator seems assured, but the broader spotlight has moved to BPMN 2.0.  Continue Reading

• BPMN 2.0: Assessing a year of change

  The updated process modeling standard continues to evolve—as does the debate about its advantages and disadvantages.  Continue Reading

• PaaS learning guide

  Increased adoption of PaaS reveals its advantages and challenges. This guide offers a look at the latest PaaS developments.  Continue Reading

• No green fields for application integration

  Application integration efforts cannot be built on a green field, but must leverage existing systems. This calls for a variety of middleware tools.  Continue Reading

• Complex event processing boosts agility to create competitive advantage

  There’s nothing complex about event processing’s simple payoff: When properly integrated with other systems, it adds considerable value—and those benefits are increasingly accessible to companies of all types and all sizes.  Continue Reading