ZapThink SOA Implementation Roadmap 3.0

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ZapThink Announces Major Update to Popular SOA Implementation Roadmap Poster

ZapThink, the industry’s foremost experts, advisers, and educators in the field of Service-Oriented Architecture, is responding to customer demand with today’s publication of the third version of its popular “ZapThink SOA Implementation Roadmap” poster. The company distributed over 100,000 copies of its first two versions of the poster, the first in 2003 and then updated in 2005. The latest version adds cutting-edge thought leadership in SOA, includes detail on architectural artifacts, and expands coverage of SOA Quality, Enterprise Mashups, and more.

Read more at: Emediawire

XML-empowered documents extend SOA’s connection to people and processes

Our friends at ZapThink recently developed a report and webinar on many of these trends and benefits, as well as best practices.

To help us understand this interesting intersection and the somewhat complex relationship between structured documents and SOA, I recently interviewed Jake Sorofman, senior vice president of marketing and business development, for JustSystems North America. The sponsored podcast describes the tactical benefits of recognizing the dynamic nature of documents, while identifying the strategic value of exposing documents and making them accessible through applications and composite services via SOA.

Read more at: ZDNet

JustSystems, ZapThink Reveal SOA’s Next Act: Document-Centric SOA

Service-Oriented Architecture has traditionally focused on the service-enablement of structured and transactional data and processes. In an upcoming Webinar, JustSystems, Inc., and ZapThink, LLC, will discuss how organizations are now beginning to take a closer look at the role documents and document-centric processes can play as part of SOA.

“Bridging the Data/Document Divide: How High-Performance Companies Leverage Document-Centric SOA for Competitive Advantage” focuses on the convergence of data and documents in a SOA environment. In turn, document-based SOA helps enterprises optimize document-centric processes, drive down costs, mitigate risk, and dramatically improve business responsiveness. All registrants will receive a copy of a ZapNote on document-based SOA.

Read more at: CenterDaily.com

JustSystems: The Document is the Application

Many organizations seek to implement Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) to support and manage dynamic business processes, but companies often struggle when those processes are document-centric. The problem with documents in the context of dynamic business processes is that documents are inherently static by nature. JustSystems has addressed the issues surrounding static documents in the dynamic process context with their XMetaL content creation solution and xfy document-centric application development platform. Through the use of these tools, organizations can create and leverage dynamic documents that exhibit application functionality as needed, enabling the full participation of dynamic documents in Service-Oriented business process workflows.

ZapForum Podcast: Converging Data & Documents in SOA

ZapForum Podcast for January 11, 2008 features

Guest Expert Jake Sorofman, VP of Marketing, JustSystems.

Listen to this Podcast and you will:

• Learn about the role of documents in SOA
• Get an idea of the role XML has in the creation of content
• Understand how dynamic documents that display application functionality can help implement document-centric business processes in the context of SOA