Open Source

Mobile SOA with Tuscany Android

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:30:00 EST

In Apache Tuscany, we have been experimenting with Google Android Platform to build Mobile SOA Applications, and we now have couple Android based samples that demonstrate a Android mobile application consuming SCA services available on the cloud. Store-android: A front end to our "Store Getting Started Guide" that consumes the catalog and shopping cart services and allow you to shop for fruits and vegetables. SCATour-android: A front end to the "SCA Tour" scenario that allows you to search for trips direct from your Android phone.

Building Better Phone Applications with SOA and Eclipse

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:50:00 EST

Only if you were on the dark side of the moon could you have missed the impact of the iPhone. Its sweeping success has brought mobile services into the mainstream. As the first device to convincingly integrate traditional phone capabilities with Web access, it highlights the multi-channel shape of things to come. The mobile Web is having its time in the limelight.

Building the Open SOA Platform

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:45:00 EST

The open source community includes many early advocates of the recent wave of emerging SOA-related technology projects. Historically, however, open source has sometimes been considered a "late follower," with commercial products first to hit the market, and then followed by "me-too" open source alternatives. One reason frequently cited by critics of open source is that open source projects are often not innovators, but imitators (of course, some might argue Microsoft has done very well by following the imitation model).

Modernizing Axis1 Services Painlessly

Wed, 28 May 2008 15:30:00 EDT

If you've been working with Web Services for a long time, chances are you've worked with Apache Axis and that you have an Axis Web Service somewhere in your code base. You probably also know about the many improvements in Axis2, especially around support for the more modern WS-* standards. So maybe you've been planning on migrating these old Axis services, but it can be hard to justify spending a lot of time on something that's working just fine.

SOA Comparison Kit For Oracle, IBM, BEA, and TIBCO Platforms

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:30:00 EST

I am glad to introduce you to a new set of resources to help surface scalability and performance issues in Service Oriented Architecture (SOA.) The SOA Knowledge and Performance Kit is a free open-source resource to show you what it really takes to build services using today's leading SOA development platforms. The Kit delivers an SOA use case design, source code to the implementations of the use case on Oracle, IBM, BEA, and TIBCO platforms, developer journals describing our experiences step-by-step, a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator, and performance and scalability tests that leverage the PushToTest test automation platform.

Building SOA with Tuscany SCA

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:30:00 EST

Many articles have already been written about service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Service Component Architecture (SCA), for example, see references [1] and [2]. In this article we'll focus on a freely available, open source implementation of the Service Component Architecture that provides a simple way to implement SOA solutions. This SCA implementation is being developed in the Apache Tuscany Incubator project. The project started in 2006 and is being used by many who are looking for a simple SOA infrastructure. The recent Tuscany SCA version 1.0, which was released in September 2007, supports the Service Component Architecture specifications 1.0.

A Performance Comparison of Popular Open Source Web Services Engines

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:00:00 EDT

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) stands on the twin pillars of reusability and interoperability. Any business function that can be reused is an ideal candidate to be exposed as a service. A reusable service, until and unless implemented in an interoperable manner, isn't much use. Web Services standards provide standards-based interfaces for service description, discovery, and message definitions to invoke such services.

Web Services on Rails

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:00:00 EST

The term Web Services refers to loosely coupled, executable application components linked dynamically over the network with open standards. Typically, they are software components that employ one or a combination of the following XML standards: SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI. Ruby on Rails is an open source Web application framework written in Ruby that closely follows the Model View Controller (MVC) architecture. It strives for simplicity, allowing real-world applications to be developed in less code than other frameworks and with a minimum of configuration. To define Rails - the Web Services or a Web Framework - we have to say that Rails is a full-stack, open source Web development framework that requires comparatively less time and effort to code XML interfaces than most other frameworks.

Developing Web Services with Open Source - A quick start for Web services technology

Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:00:00 EST

Over the past year, Web services have been positioned as a key enabler to application e-business integration. Many companies and vendors have made large investments in supporting the Web services development process.

Atoms vs Bits and theDigital Middle Mile

Fri, 30 Nov 2001 00:00:00 EST

I believe that Web services may make the long-standing battle of open source software (OSS) versus closed source software (CSS) almost irrelevant. What!, you cry in incredulity. He can't mean that! How can he discount the efforts and thinking of some of the world's most brilliant programmers? However, before you blast out a scathing e-mail flaming me to a crisp, listen to my reasons, then decide if you don't agree with me.