Tips

Tips

• SOA development is path to renewal for growing Brazilian bank

  At Itau Unibanco, email- and paper-based development team communications have given way to a new approach to development, based around a repository of software models and services.  Continue Reading

• On enterprise architect skills today - Q&A with The Open Group's Leonard Fehskens

  SearchSOA.com's Jack Vaughan recently spoke with Leonard Fehskens, Vice President and Global Profession Lead at The Open Group.  Continue Reading

• Big Data is a bigger deal than we thought

  ''Big data'' is not just a movie we have all seen. It betokens the ability to see operational data directly, and forgo special databases for BI.  Continue Reading

• Forrester analyst says consider process fine points when adapting BPM tools

  Forrester Research analyst Derek Miers says the 'process' in BPM signifies importance when pursuing flexibility in IT systems.  Continue Reading

• The enterprise architect’s role in ITIL v3

  Find out why you should integrate enterprise architecture processes with ITIL, according to Henry Peyret, principal analyst at Forrester.  Continue Reading

• Modernize? Consider the MIPS

  Forrester’s Phil Murphy says modernizing mainframe apps continues to make sense for organizations on the high end of the MIPS scale, recommends following a modernization framework.  Continue Reading

• Q&A: Gartner's Richard Watson's field report on BPM

  SearchSOA.com talks to Gartner Analyst Richard Watson about the state of business process management and his latest research papers.  Continue Reading

• Harness real-time BPM analytics, streamline processes

  Business Process Management came to prominence as a means to optimize processes. Now it drives better enterprise reporting.  Continue Reading

• Implementing BPM real-time analysis? Start with BAM

  A BPM system needs a dashboard to show its return on investment and keep the execs abreast of what goes on. Architects need to choose the right levels of alerts to make BAM effective. Starting with BAM may be the best entry.  Continue Reading

• Linthicum on solidifying the SOA and cloud computing links

  In this tip, expert David Linthicum explains the connections that exist between the cloud and SOA and how to build on these connections.  Continue Reading

• The future of the mainframe and Web services

  Web services have had a long run of ''wrappering'' mainframe legacy systems. Will Web front ends overburden the venerable platform and end the party?  Continue Reading

• Three legacy modernization pitfalls to avoid

  SOA-enabling legacy systems is fraught with pitfalls. There are some dos and don’ts that can make this journey easier.  Continue Reading

• Is it time to migrate your midrange assets to the cloud?

  The cloud may be the next logical step for midrange legacy apps. But architecture, security and legal issues give some pause.  Continue Reading

• Software test veteran suggests: Set up a SOA Test Center of Excellence

  SOA changes architecture, and savvy application development managers know it changes test frameworks, too.  Continue Reading

• How EAI and SOA play complementary roles in the SAP ecosystem

  Since the rise of SOA for application integration, Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) often gets ignored. Learn how EAI and SOA play complementary roles in the SAP ecosystem.  Continue Reading