Loosely Coupled feature stories http://looselycoupled.com/stories/ Stories about enterprises deploying web services and business process technology for business agility Loosely Coupled editors Copyright 2003 Procullux Media Limited 2006-01-16T12:00:00-00:00 Is it time to build in BPM? http://www.looselycoupled.com/stories/2006/embed-bp0116.html Some vendors say business process management should be built into applications rather than bought as a separate product. 2006-01-16T00:00:00-00:00 SOA immaturity dogs early adopters http://www.looselycoupled.com/stories/2005/immature-infr1207.html The gap between vision and reality in SOA tools and best practice is putting pressure on organizations as they implement projects. 2005-12-07T00:00:00-00:00 Oracle gets on with its SOA knitting http://www.looselycoupled.com/stories/2005/oracle-knit-infr1125.html Oracle is pressing ahead with a grand plan to integrate its SOA stack, even while adding more acquisitions. 2005-11-25T00:00:00-00:00 Here come the change architects http://www.looselycoupled.com/stories/2005/change-infr1107.html SOA can only deliver business agility if it's built to adapt to changing demands throughout the lifetime of the architecture. 2005-11-07T00:00:00-00:00 Vendor frameworks exploit gaps in BPEL http://www.looselycoupled.com/stories/2005/bpel-gaps-bp1010.html Proprietary implementations will undermine the openness of BPEL-based business process orchestration in an SOA. 2005-10-10T00:00:00-00:00 Profiting from service reuse http://www.looselycoupled.com/stories/2005/rearden-ca0919.html Rearden Commerce hosts a composite application platform that lets enterprises consume and potentially resell business services. 2005-09-19T00:00:00-00:00 SOA to boost business process projects http://www.looselycoupled.com/stories/2005/soa-boost-bp0905.html Service-oriented architectures can help BPM projects realize the dream of continuous process improvement, say vendors. 2005-09-05T00:00:00-00:00 Synapse to spark web services connections http://www.looselycoupled.com/stories/2005/synapse-infr0822.html Apache-sponsored Synapse open-source project aims to build a universal web services intermediary. 2005-08-22T00:00:00-00:00 AON takes integration to the wire http://www.looselycoupled.com/stories/2005/aon-infr0811.html XML-aware network devices within a service-oriented infrastructure can make integration simpler, faster, cheaper 2005-08-11T00:00:00-00:00 Business focus to broaden appeal of SOA http://www.looselycoupled.com/stories/2005/broaden-soa-bp0711.html If SOA can bridge the gap between business need and technology intent, then SMBs might just be interested. 2005-07-11T00:00:00-00:00 EII helps BI adapt to SOA http://www.looselycoupled.com/stories/2005/bi-adapt-eai0627.html Enterprise information integration (EII) brings real-time web services into business intelligence (BI) tools, but at a cost. 2005-06-27T00:00:00-00:00 Weak governance haunts SOAs http://www.looselycoupled.com/stories/2005/gov-dev0606.html Making sure that developers adhere to corporate policies in an SOA requires imaginative compliance and incentive systems. 2005-06-06T00:00:00-00:00 Oracle keeps on buying into SOA http://www.looselycoupled.com/stories/2005/oracle-soa-infr0404.html Buying Oblix has plugged important gaps in Oracle's SOA strategy, putting it temporarily ahead of competitors IBM, HP and SAP. 2005-04-04T00:00:00-00:00 Laying the foundations for SOA http://www.looselycoupled.com/stories/2005/laying-infr0318.html Enterprises implementing SOA aim to maximize the benefits while minimizing unforeseen burdens. 2005-03-18T00:00:00-00:00 Vendors vie to reign in services http://www.looselycoupled.com/stories/2005/vie-manage-infr0223.html The emerging SOA management market is a battleground between best-of-breed specialists and established enterprise-wide infrastructure vendors. 2005-02-23T00:00:00-00:00