Posted under SOA on September 26th, 2008 by Kyle Gabhart
In the most pure and simple service oriented scenario, a single consumer interacts directly with a single service provider.
For more complex situations, intermediaries are used to provide additional capabilities:
Security
Transactions
Routing
Data Mapping
Interface Mapping
Reliability
Protocol Translation
And etc…
What exactly is an intermediary?
An intermediary is a piece of hardware or software that bridges the gap between a service provider and service […]
Posted under Conference, SOA on November 15th, 2007 by Kyle Gabhart
I spent much of the second day talking with attendees, speakers, and SYS-CON staff about SOA, virtualization, and the conference in general. Overall, there was a general sentiment that the conference was a success and had some valuable content. One presentation from the day that really stood out was a case study from […]
Posted under SOA on November 11th, 2007 by Kyle Gabhart
One of the challenges in working with companies in their early explorations into new technologies and methodologies is the inevitable backlash that occurs regarding change. Many have argued that at best, SOA brings nothing new to the table, and at worst it will fail to achieve the desired results for the enterprise (i.e. agility, […]
Posted under SOA on September 15th, 2007 by Kyle Gabhart
Recently, I’ve noticed a theme among a couple of new clients as well as some people that I met at a conference. Governance? Oh sure, we’ll fold that in at some point. I’ve seen this expressed in two ways:
Governance is fine, but should only be implemented once some services, a registry, and […]