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What Is A Data Integration Professional? – Part 1
Charles, This is a great primer on the role of a data integration specialist. What are some of the ...

What Is A Data Integration Professional? – Part 1
The services that you provide are invaluable to a project's success, but how often is it the case th...

Bing Settles for Small Gains
Bing's clearly got a long way to go, but it's on the right track; a merger between Bing and Yahoo is...

Apple's new iPhone is hot hot hot
I wonder how they're going to deal with a global base of consumers who live close to the equator? I ...

Put Down the Smartphone!
Good point, Frederick. There's no question that smartphones can bring us a degree of freedom if used...

SAP Sniffing Around For Acquisitions

Company CEO Apotheker said the business software giant could spend up to $7 billion to boost its market share.

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Average Spending on SOA Reached $1.4 million in 2007

AMR Research finds companies adopting service oriented architecture projects as a means to drive faster change in their organizations and lower risk.

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What's Wrong With Enterprise Software?

Enterprise software is too complex to deliver on its promises, and service-oriented architecture (SOA) is not the fix that some would like to believe it is, according to software expert Cynthia Rettig.

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3 SOA Vendors CIOs Must Know

There's a battle for SOA supremacy, and these are three of the vendors who just might come out on top.
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Continental Turns To SOA For Flight Ops
Average Spending on SOA Reached $1.4 million in 2007

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Oracle Takes Open Approach To SOA

All the components of the Oracle SOA platform are built on open industry standards that enable it to interoperate with existing IT systems. Here’s how Oracle put it all together.

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The CIOZone's New SOA Group

Join the group, ask questions, and discuss Service Oriented Architecture, its principles, best practices, and how to apply them effectively.

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Build SOA Center Of Excellence, Say Experts

CIOs deploying service-oriented architecture should create an SOA center of excellence to concentrate knowledge and promote best practices, say those in the know. And for good reason. Companies—such as Thomson Financial and Railinc—that have set up COEs have benefited significantly.

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SAP Tailors SOA For Business Needs

SAP provides SOA solutions tailored to 26 specific industries. But customers appear to be succeeding with SAP's SOA tools whether or not they use the industry-specific packages. Here’s why.

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Big Blue Puts Weight Behind SOA

IBM not only developed a comprehensive portfolio of software, services and hardware for building and maintaining a services architecture, but is creating a series of ‘SOA Leadership Centers' around the world to help organizations develop SOA-related skills. Here’s how those efforts are paying off for customers.

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Oracle Profit Beats Expectations

Oracle, the world's No. 3 software maker, posted stronger-than-expected quarterly profit as operating margins hit their highest level ever for the period.

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