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Service-oriented architecture is a technology that simplifies integration. SOA has received a lot of attention in technology circles over the last few years with both avid supporters and skeptics illuminating the pros and cons of implementing SOA. In many cases, the skeptics pointed out the lack of ...

Information systems and outsourcing giant EDS will buy a controlling interest in Saber Holdings, a firm that provides software and services to government agencies across the country. The company will pay $420 million in cash for the 93 percent stake in Portland, Ore.-based Saber, with the software f...

Microsoft on Monday announced its intention to buy France-based mobile music services provider Musiwave in a move that could dramatically boost the software giant's presence in the cell phone music space. Redmond reached a deal with Musiwave parent company Openwave Systems that gives it the exclusiv...

In the summer of 1999, I was researching potential software partners for a Web hosting company. I originally thought it would take only a few days to identify the leading vendors in areas ranging from ERP to CRM and e-commerce, but after weeks of research I had barely scratched the surface. While it...

As the world becomes "flatter" and globalization drives new opportunities for international commerce, how do small and medium-size businesses jump on the bandwagon? The Internet allows any business to gather orders and process them across borders very easily at low cost. For SMBs in the U.S., curren...

IBM unveiled a slew of new security products and services and said it would continue to invest heavily in security innovations to address customer needs for a more comprehensive approach to information technology risk. On the heels of a security-related buying spree, Big Blue will spend at least $1....

Many high-technology manufacturers are knowingly putting their intellectual property at risk by collaborating with partners and suppliers with communication tools that they don't consider secure, according to a survey Microsoft commissioned. Microsoft said its survey of high-tech manufacturers found...

Microsoft posted strong first-quarter earnings Thursday and issued a buoyant forecast, capping a week of positive news for the software giant and prompting investors to send its shares to new high levels for the year. Microsoft -- which on Wednesday beat out rival Google to take a stake in Facebook ...

For those aspiring or already doing business as an e-tail merchant, there is no shortage of e-commerce software developers with shopping cart technology for start-ups and small to medium-sized businesses. The real difficulty may lie in choosing among them and then putting it to productive use. To ge...

Adobe Systems is buying the maker of the Buzzword Web-based word processing software, marking a shift in strategy for the maker of Flash and Acrobat and setting up a showdown over Internet-based applications with the likes of Microsoft and Google. Adobe will purchase Waltham, Mass.-based Virtual Ubi...

Ask an IT executive to define service-oriented architecture, and there's a good chance you'll get at least some kind of a reasonable answer. Ask that executive's functional peers the same question, and the answer might not be so clear. SOA has become a hot topic in the IT world, and many view it as ...

As Internet applications grow more complex and versatile, end users' experiences get more colorful and interesting. However, rich Internet applications also place a far greater performance demand on Internet browsers, which have to orchestrate the expanding variety of Internet elements and objects.

Google signaled its intention to go after enterprise users by announcing a partnership with a French firm that will help it deliver Google Apps as a Web-based service. Capgemini, a major global provider of outsourced business technology, will now provide professional support for enterprises that ado...

Lately, corporate interest in Web services has been rising -- and justifiably so. The advent of this new way of building applications promises to almost magically allow organizations to exchange information within their own systems with partners and customers. While the potential benefits are notewo...

Bringing services-oriented architectures to life is a lot like delivering a baby -- it requires a copious nurturing, understanding, labor and ultimately ... pushing. So far, the job openings for SOA midwives outstrip the available pool of talent. These are great jobs: transforming companies and indu...