Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has won an initial $89-million information convergence contract from the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to help enhance the performance of the military’s distribution network. The Lockheed Martin team, including SAIC, Data Networks Corporation, PRTM, BearingPoint, Rainbow Data Systems, Innolog, Business Objects, Teradata and Oakland Consulting, was awarded the fixed-price, multi-year contract, which includes provisions for supplemental task orders in future years. - SOA Network Architect - THE SOA NETWORK - IT RESOURCE NETWORK << MORE >>

Saugatuck sees the data center focus of both firms as a solid long-term strategy that – if executed according to their plans – could shift RedHat and VMware into mainstream IT relationships and purchasing processes. Both firms’ executives are smart enough to realize that once they are established as Master Brands in the user data center, it is difficult and unusual to lose such positioning and relationships. But, RedHat’s and VMware’s strategies are not synergistic or symbiotic. Both are seeking to become the defacto standard for data centers. In fact RedHat also announced a virtualization offering and committed to management tools which directly compete with VMware offerings. This area will surely spark competitive battles in user data centers, and cloud-based IT services. - SOA Network Architect - THE SOA NETWORK - IT RESOURCE NETWORK << MORE >>

Layer 7 Nominated for SYS-CON's "SOA World Magazine Readers' Choice Awards" - SOA Network Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Continuing to fulfill and expand the Cisco® Data Center 3.0 initiative launched at last year's CiscoLive! event, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced new products and professional services that will help customers virtualize data centers for greater operational and energy efficiency. The new offerings make the virtual network a highly efficient platform for delivering data center services -- accelerating, providing security, and orchestrating application delivery networks, servers, virtualized computing, and storage, while providing greater responsiveness and resource conservation. - SOA Network Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Sonoa Systems, Inc., an innovative provider of software and appliances that enable the enterprise and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers to deliver customer-facing Web services, today announced that several new customers have selected Sonoa ServiceNet to free their applications from the security, interoperability and performance complexities that arise when delivering Web services at cloud scale. - SOA Network Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Deloitte and Cisco today announced a collaborative initiative that combines the intelligence in Cisco’s network platform with Deloitte’s broad array of business process and technology consulting capabilities. Deloitte and Cisco have entered into a go-to-market agreement focused on developing service offerings that take advantage of the intelligence of the network to enhance business processes. The Deloitte and Cisco collaboration will map business processes to network intelligent services, such as communication and collaboration, user identification, and wireless location detection, so businesses can achieve more visibility, control, and responsiveness across the enterprise while leveraging their existing business applications. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the availability of Red Hat Enterprise MRG V1, which offers significant Red Hat Enterprise Linux realtime enhancements as well as a high performance, multi-platform messaging system. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

SAP today announced multiple ground-breaking projects coming out of the SAP Co-Innovation Lab, located at the SAP campus in Palo Alto, California. Among the projects that are being created and developed in the lab are a private online collaboration workspace, support for enterprise service-oriented architecture (SOA) management, a disaster recovery solution, a real-time reporting solution for manufacturers, and solutions that help companies improve business performance. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) subsidiary, today announced that the company has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the “Leaders” quadrant in the “Magic Quadrant for B2B Gateway Providers” report. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

IONA® Technologies (NASDAQ: IONA), a world leader in distributed service-oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure solutions for performance-demanding IT environments, today announced a broad set of enhancements to Artix™ Data Services, designed to offer customers the broadest and richest financial messaging data services development and deployment platform. The latest release includes the most comprehensive implementation of SWIFTNet™ MT Standards Release 2008 (SR2008) and the launch of a new free online validation service. IONA is also announcing new solution offerings for OTC (over-the-counter) derivatives processing and payments straight-through processing (STP) designed to reduce risk exposure and operational costs for financial firms. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Layer 7 Technologies, a leading provider of security and governance appliances for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), today announced it has joined the HP Internet Software Vendor (ISV) Marketplace Referral Program to facilitate the companies’ collaboration in the field and accelerate the adoption of joint solutions. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) subsidiary, today released the first solution that enables multi-national organizations to automate electronic invoicing processes worldwide, while maintaining conformity with individual tax regulations mandated by multiple countries. Sterling e-Invoice Gateway eliminates the need to support separate solutions for isolated geographies; reduces risk and exposure by complying with ever-changing electronic invoicing tax regulations; and improves efficiencies and contains costs by automating both buyer and seller electronic invoice processes in compliance with country-specific tax regulations. SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

SEEBURGER Inc. announced today that it has been named to the “Leaders” category in the new Gartner Inc. Magic Quadrant analysis of business-to-business gateway providers released this month. SEEBURGER’s Business Integration Server and associated products are used by more than 7,500 companies around the world to automate trading relationships throughout the supply chain, offering a single integrated and highly scalable global platform with automated workflow, advanced message tracking, and the ability to integrate 100% of an organization’s trading partners including those that still do business on paper. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Ciena® Corporation, the network specialist, today announced its plans for creating software-enabled, service-driven networks that turn seemingly disparate network elements into an intelligent, cohesive platform that can be controlled on-demand. Transforming networks into programmable service delivery engines through its FlexSelect™ Architecture, Ciena enables service providers to adapt and scale their networks to address emerging services, turn unpredictability in service demand into business opportunities and eliminate barriers between creating and monetizing new services. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

How should network vendors approach this market, now that they are competing against major software vendors and outside the traditional network space? - SOA Network Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Azul Systems, a leading provider of enterprise-class application performance and IT solutions for Java™ applications, and Axway, a leading provider of collaborative business-to-business (B2B) solutions, today announced that they are working together to address complex and demanding application performance needs for global financial businesses. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Managed Methods Inc., the provider of cost effective agentless SOA management products today announced availability of their flagship SOA management product JaxView as a soft appliance. JaxView has several different deployment options including XML/Firewall, Agentless, Agent stub and ESB integration. JaxView is offered as an appliance in all of its deployment options. As well, JaxView is the only agentless SOA runtime governance solution to be available both in software and soft appliance form. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

IBM introduces a Redbook for Problem Determination for SOA Appliances - SOA Network Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) subsidiary, today announced the expansion of Sterling Collaboration Network (SCN), the company’s hosted service that provides secure connectivity and collaboration between businesses, into Japan, Australia and China. With this solution, more companies will be able to securely and reliably exchange business documents, making it simpler to automate the processes they share with customers, partners, and suppliers and, therefore, increase their competitiveness and productivity. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), today announced the availability of a webinar entitled Unlocking the Hidden Value of Your Network, featuring Gartner Research Vice President Joe Skorupa. The webinar focuses on the network’s value and explains how Application Delivery Networks yield compelling application performance and security advantages while enabling growth opportunities as well—even in challenging economic times. Upon attending this webinar, viewers will learn how ADN enables enterprises to do more with less. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected Workd - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Microsoft has embraced these popular ideas—ESB and SaaS—and has blended their most compelling characteristics into a new idea it calls the Internet Service Bus (ISB). The ISB model is similar to ESB in terms of functionality. However, ISB is made available at the broader Internet scope, so it's similar to the SaaS model in terms of standards, reach, and scalability. The Microsoft® ISB, in a nutshell, makes it easier for companies to adopt ESB infrastructure. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Layer 7 Technologies, a leading provider of security and governance solutions for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web 2.0, today announced a collaboration with Sun Microsystems to help secure and govern Web services built using the Sun JavaTM Composite Application Platform Suite (Java CAPS). Sun customers will be able to purchase Layer 7 products globally through Sun Professional Services. - SOA Network Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Customers looking to replace Juniper DX load balancers/application accelerators after they are discontinued later this year will have to look to other qualified vendors, Juniper says. The company announced end-of-life for the boxes earlier this year but didn't issue formal notice about what customers should do if they want additional DXs in the future. SOA Network Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

ENTNET is a long-running conference organized under the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) for the purpose of promulgating an understanding of the development and evolution of enterprise-level networking technologies. Over the years the conference has been bringing together a rich diversity of leading-edge telecom experts from industry, universities, and government. The popularity of the conference continues to grow as the premier forum for researchers, engineers, and business executives in the networking space drawing an attendance from all over the world. - SOA Network Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Sun Microsystems Inc., today announced the immediate availability of Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite (Java CAPS) 6, the latest version of its flagship service-oriented architecture (SOA) and business integration software. Sun also released a new master data management (MDM) suite, a high performance and unified solution that gives users a single view of their customer data and helps them more effectively manage customer relationships. Java CAPS 6 is the first SOA platform by a major technology provider built on open source through the Open ESB community. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

A successful SOA implementation depends as much on the flexibility of your network as much as the services that will be delivered on it. In other words, networks that can't adapt to changes in demand have been shown to hinder the success of SOA implementations. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

BreakingPoint Systems, Inc., the content-aware network and application testing company, today announced support for 50 application protocols, IPv6 and SSL transport protocols, as well as new security testing, test automation, and real-time reporting capabilities in Version 1.2 of the BreakingPoint testing software. The new features enable network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) and service providers to accelerate the development of content-aware network devices and services with comprehensive Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) testing functionality. BreakingPoint's solutions validate performance and reliability under the most realistic and current conditions, while reducing time-to-test by more than 50 percent. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Forum Systems, Inc., the leading provider of SOA Security and Management products and Crosscheck Networks, Inc., the leading provider of SOA Testing and Governance Tools today announced an industry-first webinar on techniques in identifying and mitigating SOA Web Services-based vulnerabilities. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

SOA Appliances are part of the Software AG Business Infrastructure Suite, enabling companies to achieve business results – faster. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected Network - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Using the code-name "BizTalk Services," Microsoft is building a set of "cloud" technologies that are developed and operated by Microsoft as a logical extension to the .NET Framework and the Microsoft SOA technologies. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Liaison Technologies, Inc., global provider of integration and data management services and solutions, announced today that it is providing a free 14-day evaluation copy of its market leading Contivo Analyst software. Contivo Analyst software may be downloaded at www.liaison.com. Data transformation and mapping represents an enormous and costly challenge. Today’s business-to-business (B2B), enterprise application integration (EAI), service oriented architecture (SOA) and extensive markup language (XML) integration projects all require an effective information architecture to manage complex data. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Solace Systems, the leading supplier of high-speed, low-latency content networking systems, today announced the appointment of Wojo Zielonka as chief financial officer. Mr. Zielonka will be responsible for steering Solace’s financial and operational planning as the company grows. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Layer 7 Technologies, a leading provider of security and governance solutions for Web services, Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) and Web 2.0, today announced its go-to-market partnership with Steria Benelux. Steria will act as a channel partner for Layer 7’s SOA gateway products in Belgium to offer leading SOA security, governance solutions and support to its current and prospective customers. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

This paper describes how a pervasive, reliable network assures that all elements of highly distributed composite applications operate quickly, efficiently, and securely. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Are you a DataPower Consultant or are you looking for a DataPower Consultant - Check out www.soaappliances.com - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

TheInfoPro (TIP), an independent research network and leading supplier of market intelligence for the Information Technology (IT) industry, today announced its Networking Wave 4 Exciting Vendors List. This list is compiled on the basis of feedback from Networking professionals regarding which of the Networking vendors and products they consider to be the most exciting. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Cisco trys to "Etch" out a new messaging protocol as an alternative to SOAP. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Today at Citrix Synergy', the event where virtualization, networking and application delivery meet, Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS), the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, and Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM), the leader in powering rich media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, announced an agreement that will make it easier for customers and integration partners to combine each company's web application delivery offerings into integrated solutions that enhance the performance, scalability and security of enterprise web applications. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

White Paper from Forum Systems on the Best Practices, Benefits and Requirements for SOA Gateways. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

IONA® Technologies (NASDAQ: IONA), a world leader in distributed service-oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure solutions for performance-demanding IT environments, today announced the latest release of Artix™ Data Services, an open and standards-based development tool for building model-driven data services, and a key component of IONA’s Artix advanced SOA infrastructure suite. Artix Data Services shortens the data services development, test and maintenance lifecycle and improves the quality of data as it flows across heterogeneous environments. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

"Business networks are relevant to everyone," said Kagermann, "and true business network collaboration can only be conducted on a services-based IT infrastructure that is flexible and efficient enough to allow companies to adapt their business processes to business needs. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Azul Systems, a leading provider of enterprise-class application performance and IT solutions for Java applications, today announced the availability of the Vega™ 3 Series appliances, which provide breakthrough performance and a cost effective way for companies to run, process, and manage Java applications for their business critical needs. - SOA Network Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Solace Systems, the leading supplier of high-speed, low-latency content networking systems, today announced the appointment of former Goldman Sachs executive Ralph Frankel as chief technology officer, financial services. Mr. Frankel will be responsible for steering the company's technology vision and working closely with financial services customers to help them derive maximum value from their investment in hardware-based high-speed messaging and content networking. - SOA Network Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Rohati Systems today unveiled the industry’s first high-performance network-based entitlement control (NBEC) solution: the Rohati Transaction Networking System™ (TNS™) platform. Rohati’s breakthrough redefines entitlement management by enabling enterprises to easily define and enforce per-transaction policies across all types of users and applications. Rohati’s solution uses the policy-standard XACML (Extensible Access Control Markup Language) for the first time in a network platform, eliminating the need for client or server agents, or changes to network topology. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected Worldk - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Vordel, the XML network management company, today announced the opening of new offices in Washington DC to directly serve Vordel’s growing US Federal customer market. Following the recent appointment of Greg Hudson as President of US Operations for Vordel, this office will complement the company’s existing operations by delivering in-market support services and training from a state-of-the art executive briefing center. - SOA Network Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Solace Systems today announced a partnership agreement with TIBCO Software Inc. to help develop and manufacture a hardware appliance that capitalizes on TIBCO's leading messaging software technology and integrates fully into the TIBCO Rendezvous® product family. The TIBCO Messaging Appliance™ will offer unprecedented throughput with ultra-low latency allowing organizations to accelerate data delivery while simplifying operations and substantially reducing datacenter footprint. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Rolling Review which was suppose to start 6 months ago, fixes flat tire and starts reviews of SOA Appliances again with Layer 7 Technologies. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Learn how to use IBM® WebSphere® DataPower® SOA Appliances to query information from IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository using the REST API and SOAP API. Reusable stylesheets are provided to serve as standard query components to be used throughout DataPower configurations. Step-by-step examples show how these assets can be used to query WebSphere Service Registry and Repository. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Radware , the leading provider of integrated application delivery solutions for business-smart networking, today announced that it has joined the Juniper Networks J-Partner Solutions Alliance Program. The interoperability of Radware's AppDirector application delivery controller and the Juniper Networks Secure Access SSL VPN appliances and Unified Access Control (UAC) solution provide customers with a more comprehensive application delivery solution. - SOA Network Architect - Application Delivery in a SOA World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Please join Managed Methods for a Webcast were we discuss one of our customers agentless deployment of JaxView to quickly provide visibility and control into their Web service and SOA environment. - SOA Network Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

NEI (NASDAQ: NENG), a leading provider of server appliance products and services for storage, security and communications software vendors, has been named a “Cool Vendor” in the Cool Vendors in Infrastructure Appliances, 2008 report by Gartner’s research director L. Frank Kenney. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

The IBM® WebSphere® DataPower® SOA Appliances multistep processing policy system is a key part of appliance configuration. Version 3.6.1 of the firmware includes a number of enhancements to multistep that provide functionality familiar to programmers, including loops of actions, conditional execution of actions, and the ability to execute actions in parallel. Explore how you can combine the new features in multistep 3 to build an RSS feed aggregator. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Financial Services client, is searching for a DataPower Consultant to assist with an upcoming implementation. (5 months) - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Forum Systems announced the availability of FS Sentry 7.1, the SOA Gateway product. FS Sentry 7.1 enables rapid integration within a SOA without compromising security. - SOA Network Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

VeNotion Technologies Ltd., the leader in SOA Business ServiceWare automation for Global 2000 has been included as a "Cool Vendor" in the April 2008 “Cool Vendors in emerging technologies, 2008” report by Gartner, Inc. - SOA Network Architect - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

In this webcast, Phil Walston, VP Product Management, Layer 7 Technologies discusses what service level performance means within the context of a Service Oriented Architecture based on XML or Web services.<< MORE >>

Layer 7 Technologies, a leading provider of security and governance solutions for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web 2.0, today announced it has been selected as a “Cool Vendor” in Gartner’s Cool Vendors in SOA Governance, 2008 report. Layer 7 provides flexible and simple-to-use gateways for defining, managing and scalably enforcing policy-based governance policies in SOA. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, announced today the release of JBoss Operations Network (ON) 2.0, an integrated middleware management platform that simplifies application development, testing, deployment and monitoring. The release of JBoss ON 2.0 represents continued momentum for the Enterprise Acceleration initiative announced earlier this year, which is aimed at fostering adoption of JBoss Enterprise Middleware by increasing its capabilities for large-scale enterprise use. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Managed Methods today announced the availability of their industry leading Web Service management portal JaxView 4.0. While providing full support for the SOA and Web service management for the IT operations, JaxView 4.0 offers expanded features with the Agentless Web services management and SOA visibility functionality. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

IBM adds new features and enhancements to DataPower SOA Appliances. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

AmberPoint announced today that it has extended the reach of its runtime SOA governance software across a broad set of additional platforms. These new capabilities, which result from enhancements to the company’s ground-breaking architecture for distributed SOA governance, extend AmberPoint’s industry-leading visibility and control across the wide range of components used in today’s SOA environments, including Cisco, Oracle, BEA, JBoss and Apache. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Zeus Technology, a leading provider of application delivery software, today announced the release of ZXTM 5.0 (Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager). This latest version is equipped with Java™ Extensions, enabling application architects, administrators, and developers to control their application delivery using policies that build on the robust, rich and powerful body of reusable Java application code. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

TIBCO Software Inc. (Nasdaq: TIBX) today announced a significant addition to the company's market-leading messaging technology, unveiling a Solace hardware messaging appliance specifically designed to accelerate the capabilities and performance of TIBCO Rendezvous(R) software. Building on TIBCO Rendezvous' breakthrough reliability, predictability and manageability, this tightly integrated hardware/software combination will offer improved application-to-application, ultra-low latency messaging throughput for mission critical data. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

"SAP and Microsoft , along with other founding members, have created the Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN). The goal of BIAN is to help banks ease the transition to an SOA by gathering together a community of industry-leading players and global banks that will openly share domain and technical expertise to apply SOA principles and methodologies. In employing these principles, banks globally will be able to better respond to changing customer needs and reduce risk and cost of re-engineering legacy systems toward a more flexible operational environment." - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

The Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS in Berlin is one of the first research partners to use AXP/Javalin modules as part of the latest generation of Cisco Integrated Services Routers (ISR). This new router generation enables researchers and developers to implement complex network functionalities directly in network nodes – with the aim of providing direct network support for services and business applications through comprehensive self-management of central network nodes and standardized interfaces. At the Fraunhofer FOKUS Future Internet Lab a number of FOKUS working groups are engaged on the development of future Internet structures based on the principles of service orientation that will integrate infrastructure components and applications in one single seamless concept and make network administration and use much easier. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

IBM) today announced it has acquired InfoDyne Corporation, a privately held software company based in Park Ridge, Illinois. InfoDyne is a leader in high-speed platforms and data feed connectors which combined with IBM's WebSphere technology will help clients extend transactional integrity to low-latency environments. Financial details were not disclosed. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Vordel, the XML network management company, today announced the appointment of Mr. Greg Hudson as VP of Sales for the company’s US based North America operations. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today announced its new NetScaler MPX line of web application delivery systems. The new NetScaler solutions feature a massively parallel multi-core system architecture that significantly increases datacenter capacity and delivers 2.51 times more web applications with the same infrastructure footprint. Citrix® NetScaler® MPX also provides unmatched performance when delivering applications that demand the highest security and best end-user experience. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Ixia, a leading, global provider of IP performance test systems, and F5 Networks, Inc., the global leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that they will be jointly demonstrating F5® VIPRION™ on-demand Application Delivery Controller (ADC) capabilities at Interop Las Vegas, April 27 – May 2. A demonstration showcasing high-volume web and video traffic performance will be available in Ixia’s booth #2011. A demonstration in F5’s booth #627 will focus on how enterprises can scale their application-delivery infrastructures with VIPRION, while reducing data center power consumption, rack space requirements, and management overhead. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced that it will present the results of research and benchmarking tests conducted using Intel(R) QuickAssist Technology to couple high-performance Tarari(R) content processing accelerators and Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) processors at the RSA Conference 2008, held April 7-11 at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, Calif. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today announced its featured industry analyst presenters for Citrix Synergy™ 2008, the all-new industry conference where virtualization, networking and application delivery meet. Industry analysts participating at the conference will discuss best practices and reveal proven tactics for success in today’s ever-changing business environment, offering a holistic perspective on emerging enterprise technology. Citrix Synergy will take place May 20 to May 23 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Coming Soon - Cloud Computing Architect - Building the network infrastructure for Cloud Computing - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

The network is a uniquely qualified IT resource to enable virtualization, providing a pragmatic adoption path toward service-oriented infrastructure and SOA. Using the SONA framework, organizations can reap the benefits of end-to-end virtualization and policy-driven service orchestration. This shared services architecture enables flexibility and agility while streamlining resources and reducing operational expenses. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Strangeloop NetworksTM Inc., today announced the WS1000 Web Services Accelerator, the first appliance that accelerates enterprise applications in Service-Oriented-Architecture (SOA) environments by automatically caching web services. Deployed as an appliance that sits between web applications and the back-end servers, the Strangeloop WS1000 Web Services Accelerator addresses the inevitable performance bottleneck that enterprises encounter as they use web services to create seamless data flow among their composite applications, improving web service response times by up to 30 times. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

SOA/WOA Continues to Gain Momentum on the Web and becomes known as SOWA. SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Cisco Systems Inc. envisions using the network as the platform for SOA, says Mark Weiner, director of product management and marketing for Cisco's Applications Delivery Business Unit - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Implementing a service-oriented architecture (SOA) carries promises of greater interoperability, agility, and cost savings in managing business services. The deployment of loosely-coupled systems, however, presents challenges for development and operations teams. Effective SOA management requires visibility into the performance, usage, availability, security, and policy compliance within the Web services messaging environment. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Solace Systems, the leading supplier of high-speed, low-latency content networking systems, today launched the Solace 3260 Content Router, the next-generation platform in its 3200 Series Content Networking System product family. The robust Solace 3260 holds up to 10 special-purpose hardware networking blades to provide the best-in-class performance, manageability and low cost of ownership required by today’s distributed application architectures. The Solace 3260 Content Router adds more muscle to the product lineup that is built around the Solace 3230 Content Router, which is currently in production with customers around the world. SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

For those that are interested in reading documentation you can get the latest Getting Started Guide for the Cisco Ace XML Gateway here. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

"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." - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a new social network focused on advancing service oriented architectures (SOA). IBM's SOA Social Network brings together a like-minded, global community of thought leaders, information technology (IT) and business professionals, university professors and students, and other interested parties through both online and in-person forums designed to help members build skills and share best practices. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

SearchSOA awards Gold to IBM DataPower XML Security Gateway XS40 for SOA Security Appliance - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>

Nasdaq traders bid up Citrix stock Tuesday on takeover rumors that have either IBM or Cisco purchasing the application delivery vendor. - SOA Network Architect - SOA in a Connected World - THE SOA NETWORK << MORE >>