http://ajax.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from Paul Maurer Copyright 2008 AJAX & RIA JOURNAL Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:47:00 GMT AJAX & RIA JOURNAL 10 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://ajax.sys-con.com/read/434384.htmhttp://ajax.sys-con.com/read/434384.htm Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:00:00 GMT Dynamic languages like Ruby and Python have been enjoying a burst of popularity in the Web development community and there are a plethora of frameworks for those platforms that allow them to solve a wide variety of problems. There's one company that's building its own dynamic language from the ground up with a single-minded approach to the problem of fast prototyping for Service Oriented Architectures. http://ajax.sys-con.com/read/318429.htmhttp://ajax.sys-con.com/read/318429.htm Sat, 26 May 2007 14:15:00 GMT The folks at Active Endpoints carefully thought through how to support users in their move to WS-BPEL 2.0. This resulted in the ability of BPEL 1.1 and WS-BPEL 2.0 processes to co-exist during design, test, and execution in both the designer and the engine. This lets users migrate their processes at their own pace. I've been burned in the past by products that required a big bang conversion so the ability to support 1.1 and 2.0 processes easily is a huge win. http://ajax.sys-con.com/read/219071.htmhttp://ajax.sys-con.com/read/219071.htm Fri, 19 May 2006 12:30:00 GMT Business process execution Language support or BPEL is at the top of every enterprise SOA punch list. It's an XML-based language designed to support long-running complex business transactions in the form of orchestrated Web Service interactions. Like most XML formats, you wouldn't want to construct and debug a process of any complexity by hand and an 'engine' is required to recognize and execute BPEL. http://ajax.sys-con.com/read/164549.htmhttp://ajax.sys-con.com/read/164549.htm Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:15:00 GMT When I first looked over MagooClient from Magoo Software, it was difficult to categorize. I expected that it would be another composite application builder, but that's not what I found. Instead I found a tool that not only allows users to interact with business processes, but that also becomes part of the business process itself. MagooClient can not only reach out and perform Web service requests, but it is designed to also be inserted in the path of XML messages. http://ajax.sys-con.com/read/104915.htmhttp://ajax.sys-con.com/read/104915.htm Tue, 28 Jun 2005 10:00:00 GMT The moniker 'Shared Data Services' has a sexy ring to it, and in a market where service-oriented architecture is the topic du jour, you may be tempted to roll your eyes... but don't. Pantero targets an important segment where business spends $80 billion annually on integration and another $19 billion on manual reconciliation. http://ajax.sys-con.com/read/79281.htmhttp://ajax.sys-con.com/read/79281.htm Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:00:00 GMT Adeptia has released the latest version of its BPM server. The Adeptia BPM server is another entry in the fast-growing market for Business Process Management Tools. http://ajax.sys-con.com/read/47281.htmhttp://ajax.sys-con.com/read/47281.htm Thu, 02 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT Much has been written recently about the business-to-business aspects of Web services, but what about the region between the Web service and the desktop? Above All Software lays claim to this 'last mile' by providing a platform for delivering composite applications. http://ajax.sys-con.com/read/44671.htmhttp://ajax.sys-con.com/read/44671.htm Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT There's a phenomenon I've witnessed again and again in my years building systems. I call it 'Guerilla IT.' Listen to my description and see if you've witnessed it inside your organization. http://ajax.sys-con.com/read/39905.htmhttp://ajax.sys-con.com/read/39905.htm Mon, 27 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT What do you do after you've cofounded a company that developed award-winning products for distributed computing, won a Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, and finished a book on Web services? If you're Graham Glass you start another company and continue pushing the envelope of distributed computing. http://ajax.sys-con.com/read/39851.htmhttp://ajax.sys-con.com/read/39851.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2003 00:00:00 GMT In my spare time I participate in a nonprofit entity along with a number of other busy colleagues. Most of the hard work is done in our spare time and we occasionally meet to polish the work.