Kaizen, BPM, and Agile Methodologies
by Reza Shafii
This article explores the ways in which BPM can be used as an implementation of Kaizen principles and how this solution can be optimized through application of Agile development methodologies. 2008-05-07 | Discuss (0)

Rethinking Connectivity
by Quinton Wall
Connectivity, a critical aspect to any IT solution has received little attention of late. This article presents a broader view of how organizations may approach connectivity through the definition of 4 dimensions; internal, external, industry and hosted connectivity. 2008-04-16 | Discuss (0)

Measuring AquaLogic Enterprise Security Performance
by William Dettelback
AquaLogic Enterprise Security (ALES) extends the concept of entitlement policies beyond what is possible with WebLogic Portal alone. Learn about the performance aspects of using ALES as the entitlement engine for WebLogic Portal. 2008-03-12 | Discuss (0)

State of the Portal Market 2007: Portals and the Power of Participation
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CIOs are looking at portals for consolidating applications and introducing Web 2.0 capabilities. See for yourself: BEA Systems' annual report on the enterprise portal market includes survey data on deployment and adoption from more than 540 BEA portal customers, plus a synthesis of more than 100 analyst reports and industry articles. 2008-03-12 | Discuss (0)

Gartner Magic Quadrant Reports for Portals & Social Software
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Two Gartner Magic Quadrant Reports are now available for download: "Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portal Products, 2007" and "Magic Quadrant for Team Collaboration and Social Software, 2007". 2008-03-12 | Discuss (0)

Blueprint for Successful SOA Integration
by Dain Hansen
SOA Integration has emerged as the de facto standard for successful IT integration. Some architects mistake SOA Integration for the inclusion of an enterprise service bus or BPEL along with some adapters. There's more to it, and this article shows how it can be defined, what it solves, and some points to think about for your IT organization. 2008-03-12 | Discuss (4)

Unlocking the Value of Enterprise 2.0 Collaboration and Authoring Tools
by John Brunswick
John Brunswick looks at how natural participation can help an organization build applications in a more agile manner, using increased collaboration and communication between business analysts and developers. 2008-03-05 | Discuss (0)

BEA's SOA Reference Architecture - A Foundation for Business Agility
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BEA's SOA Reference Architecture offers an architectural framework for planning SOA-based projects that maximize interoperability and reuse, and a consistent vision throughout the enterprise. 2008-03-05 | Discuss (0)

BEA WebLogic Operations Control: Application Virtualization for Enterprise Java
BEA WebLogic Operations Control is a management framework for virtualized and non-virtualized enterprise Java applications that addresses the key challenges involved in application virtualization. This white paper explores the framework and its use cases. 2008-02-13 | Discuss (0)

Introduction to Enterprise Portals - Why they Benefit IT and the Business
by Peter Laird
Peter Laird introduces the enterprise portal space and the problems that portals solve. In an article aimed at CIOs, IT architects, and IT management, Peter discusses application integration, security consolidation, content aggregation, and collaboration. 2008-01-30 | Discuss (3)

SOA and Virtualization: How do They Fit Together?
This white paper explores Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and virtualization, showing how aspects of virtualization can be seen as enablers for the flexibility promised by SOA. It also establishes the technical links between SOA and virtualization in enterprise computing. 2008-01-30 | Discuss (0)

Innovate over SAP with Service Oriented Architecture, Business Process Management, and Enterprise Social Computing
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Learn how to apply Service-Oriented Architecture, Business Process Management, and Enterprise Social Computing to innovate over legacy monolithic applications to transform the way they serve customers, partners and employees. 2008-01-16 | Discuss (0)

Adaptive Memory Management for Virtualized Java Environment
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This white paper examines the Java Virtual Machine and hypervisor virtualization, the BEA LiquidVM, and adaptive memory management for virtualized Java. 2007-12-10 | Discuss (0)

Virtualization: Same Servers, More Capacity
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Learn about a comprehensive solution that combines three levels of virtualization-Intel® Virtualization Technology at the chip level, VMware® ESX Server at the server level, and BEA WebLogic® Liquid Operations Control™ (BEA WebLogic LOC) and BEA LiquidVM™ at the software level. 2007-12-10 | Discuss (0)

Principles of Natural Participation
by John Brunswick
John Brunswick introduces a Web 2.0 approach to optimal business analyst and developer collaboration in the enterprise. 2007-12-04 | Discuss (0)

Event Processing Market Pulse 2007
BEA and ebizQ conducted a vendor-anonymous survey to determine market readiness for event processing. The results were positively surprising. 90% of the ~450 respondents identified plans to put event driven applications in production within the next 2 years. Read on for more. 2007-11-28 | Discuss (0)

BEA WebLogic Event Server Performance: A Benchmark Study
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The benchmark study described in this report demonstrates WebLogic Event Server’s ability to provide low latency at very high data rates with a use case that is very typical of financial front office applications in Capital Markets. 2007-11-28 | Discuss (0)

Location-based Information Processing with WebLogic Event Server and Web 2.0
by Paco Gómez
The author demonstrates how a location-based use case can be implemented with WebLogic Event Server (WLEvS) and Web 2.0 techniques. 2007-11-14 | Discuss (1)

Arch2Arch Podcast 12: Terms of Empowerment: SOA, EDA and XTP
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by Roy Schulte and Ruma Sanyal
Companies today demand more agility and speed from their IT systems, and there's an ever-growing array of options to meet their changing business needs. So why are so many organizations turning to SOA, EDA and XTP? Are these solutions separate from each other or intertwined? And how do you make sure you find the right solution to address your business needs? We'll address those questions and more with Gartner analyst Roy Schulte, a leading expert on Service-Oriented Architecture, and Ruma Sanyal, director of Product Marketing for BEA Systems. 2007-11-08 | Discuss (0)

Centralized Security Policy with AquaLogic Enterprise Security: Part 2
by William Dettelback
AquaLogic Enterprise Security (ALES) provides a centralized security policy facility for applications and services. This article shows how to use ALES with WebLogic Portal and AquaLogic Data Services Platform, and how the addition of ALES as a security policy mechanism has little to no impact on how the portal or data services are created. 2007-10-18 | Discuss (0)

Arch2Arch Podcast 11: BEA Education: Service-Oriented Development of Applications
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In this podcast you will hear a discussion of service-oriented development of applications. This podcast is brought to you by BEA Education. 2007-10-18 | Discuss (0)

Arch2Arch Podcast 10: BEA Education: SOA Architectural Concepts of Service Security
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In this podcast you will hear a discussion of SOA and security. This podcast is brought to you by BEA Education. 2007-10-11 | Discuss (0)

Get Serious About SOA Governance: A 5-Step Action Plan for Architects
Whether your organization's SOA has 50 services in use by one customer, or 50 customers using one service, you need SOA governance in order to fully benefit from your SOA. This white paper provides a 5-step action plan that will help architects get governance right. 2007-09-27 | Discuss (0)

Arch2Arch Podcast 9: BEA Education: SOA Costs and Benefits
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In this podcast you will hear a discussion of SOA costs and benefits including the economic justification for pursuing an SOA strategy and the metrics used to track the progress of an SOA adoption. This podcast is brought to you by BEA Education. 2007-09-27 | Discuss (0)

Centralized Security Policy with AquaLogic Enterprise Security: Part 1
by William Dettelback
AquaLogic Enterprise Security (ALES) provides a centralized security policy facility for applications and services. This article shows how to use ALES with WebLogic Portal and AquaLogic Data Services Platform, and how the addition of ALES as a security policy mechanism has little to no impact on how the portal or data services are created. 2007-09-19 | Discuss (0)

Arch2Arch Podcast 8: BEA Education: SOA Organization and Governance
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In this podcast you will hear a discussion of SOA organization and governance including roles, responsibilities and processes needed to adopt SOA. This podcast is brought to you by BEA Education. 2007-09-19 | Discuss (0)

Applying a BPM and SOA Approach to Achieve Agile Business Integration
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This paper provides in-depth insights on best practices to align SOA with business processes through a business and IT aligned approach centered around the Atomic Business Service and a mediation layer to simplify service communications and management. 2007-09-12 | Discuss (0)

Arch2Arch Podcast 7: BEA Education: BEA Domain Model for SOA
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A discussion of the key points of the BEA Domain Model for SOA brought to you by BEA Education. 2007-09-12 | Discuss (0)

Total Cost of Ownership: A Comparison of C/C++ and Java
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A recent survey of C/C++ and Java developers conducted by Evans Data Corporation reveals that Java is generally seen as being cheaper than C/C++. 2007-08-08 | Discuss (0)

Practical Advice on Becoming a Better Blogger
by Jon Mountjoy
Becoming a better blogger is a snap. This guide provides 11 key steps to improving the way in which you blog. 2007-08-08 | Discuss (2)