You might have seen the recent news reports about the collision between U.S. and Russian communication satellites. The U.S. satellite was one of the Iridium satellites. What wasn’t reported and you probably don’t know is that an object database management system (ODBMS) is an important part of the Iridium system. Even though ODBMSs are a [...]
February 13, 2009
I am now also posting on the Cutter Blog. My initial posting is (The Acronym) SOA is (Perhaps) Dead (at Some Companies); Long Live Services. It is a response to Anne Thomas Manes’ SOA is Dead; Long Live Services on her blog at the Burton Group.
January 9, 2009
The typical definition of an atomic task or process is one that cannot be decomposed further. This is vague and subject to interpretation. The Decomposition Matrix on this site uses a specific definition: A task (for business process diagrams) or a process (for data flow diagrams) is atomic if every input relates to every output [...]
December 3, 2008
My last posting referenced the criteria for a well-formed business process diagram mentioned in Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL by Matjaz B. Juric and Kapil Pant. I am going to expand on their criteria to create a more comprehensive definition of a well-formed business process diagram.
To start, here are three criteria from [...]
November 18, 2008
I recently received two new books on business process modeling. Both books looked interesting because they had great titles. As it turns out, one book is great and the other not so good.
The not so good book is Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL by Matjaz B. Juric and Kapil Pant. There are [...]
October 9, 2008
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Red Hat to be cloud facilitator, not fluffer Register ... has been pushing through its purchase of BEA Systems and Sun Microsystems - companies that had their own middleware including application servers. ... and more » 17 Mar 2010 at 5:43pm
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Mastering BEA WebLogic Server: Best Practices for Building and Deploying J2EE Applications by Gregory Nyberg, Robert Patrick, Paul Bauerschmidt, Jeff McDaniel, Raja Mukherjee Average Customer Review: based on 16 reviews. Customer Review: I really like this book. It is not for beginners, and is not an "Intro to J2EE". However, for advanced developers, and especially those leaning towards the administation aspects of WebLogic Server, this book is an excellent resource. The examples in this book are straighforward, and the accompianing discussion is well written and ea...
BEA WebLogic Server Bible, Second Edition by Joe Zuffoletto, Lou Miranda Average Customer Review: based on 26 reviews. Customer Review: If you are new to WebLogic and/or are somewhat mystified by J2EE buy this book. It's a great resource and it is totally worth the money. It helps you get up and running quickly without getting too bogged down in all the BEA documentation. I found the overview of the J2EE technologies very enriching and the demonstration of WebLogic'...
SOA Cookbook: Master SOA process architecture, modeling, and simulation in BPEL, TIBCO's BusinessWorks, and BEA's Weblogic Integration by Michael Havey Average Customer Review: based on 1 review. Customer Review: Michael does an outstanding job of explaining to the readers how to successfully design a service oriented architecture. This book is for technical folks like architects, developers, and test leads. If you are not technical, this book is not for you. If you are technical, this is a must have. There are enough books about SOA vision. T...
J2EE Web Services on BEA WebLogic by Anjali Anagol-Subbarao Average Customer Review: based on 4 reviews. Customer Review: This book is excellent for those developers and even architects looking to implement real-world web services. It gives a solid overview of web service technologies while also showing how the BEA platform can aid you in bringing those services to fruition. There is not an area that is left untouched. Finally a book that is gorunded in...