BizTalk 2009 RTM Thought the BizTalk Server Team Blog has announced yesterday about the Microsoft Announces General Availability of BizTalk Server 2009 . It seems after a short search, that you can already download a Download and evaluate BizTalk Server 2009 free for 120 days of a BizTalk Server 2009 Evaluation Edition from the 06/04/2009. Brief Description BizTalk Server 2009 is an integration server that provides connectivity, Business Process Management (BPM) and SOA/ESB capabilities. It also...

Patterns & Practices Pocket Guides Ok, now you “can” print it ( meaning you can always save a tree and NOT print it :) ) Ok Ok Ok …. so you got the concept, now for the download links :) Rich Client Architecture Pocket Guide Ch 01 - Rich Client Application Architecture Ch 02 - Architecture and Design Guidelines Ch 03 - Presentation Layer Guidelines Ch 04 - Business Layer Guidelines Ch 05 - Data Access Layer Guidelines Ch 06 - Service Layer Guidelines Ch 07 - Communication Guidelines Ch 08 - Deployment...

Service Orientation , או בקיצור SO , הנה גישה עסקית (ולא טכנולוגית!) אשר מטרתה לאפשר לארגון את גמישות הנדרשת כיום להגבה לאתגרים ושינויים עסקיים, ואמצעיה הנם יצירת סינרגיה ואיזון בין ה Business ל IT מתוך שירותיות הדדית. Service Oriented Architecture , או בקיצור SOA , הנה גישה הוליסטית לעיצוב מערכות מידע כשירותים עצמיים ולא תלויים, מה שיאפשר את הרכבתם לכדי יישומים ותהליכים עסקיים, ובכך להקנות לארגון את הגמישות, הזריזות העסקית והטכנולוגית, הנדרשת. ההתפתחות בשכיחות של ארכיטקטורה מכוונת שירותים (SOA)...

Hi, In the coming .NET Architect group meeting I have the honor to lecture on highly important and very hot topic - SOA Governance. If you're an architect, CTO, development/project manager or any of those other that struggles to innovate for new better approaches for development and IT infrastructure and making them aligned with your business - I think you need to free up your calendar and join this meeting. In the coming days I will be posting few continues blog posts on this subject - stay...

Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference 2009 We all know about the forthcoming Microsoft SOA & Business Process Conference , and we’re all expecting new features especially due to: Expected CTP of BizTalk 2009 and BizTalk Server2009, "Oslo" and .NET combination Long awaited ESB 2.0 CTP version Changes which brings .NET 4.0 ( using WF & WCF Foundations) And now YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE THE CHANGE , how ? the BizTalk Server Team Blog just announced about Microsoft SOA &...

Today, during a keynote at the Professional Developers Conference 2008, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect, announced Windows® Azure™ the cloud-based service foundation underlying the Microsoft Azure™ Services Platform. The Azure™ Services Platform is an industry leading move by Microsoft to help developers build the next generation of applications that will span from the cloud to the enterprise data center and deliver compelling new experiences across the PC, web and phone. The Azure...

REAL WORLD SOA happens {HERE} The PDC is just around the corner, and from the PDC 08 Timeline we should have noticed just but a few Foundation s: WF 4.0: A First Look , Kenny Wolf WCF 4.0: Building WCF Services with WF in Microsoft .NET 4.0 , Ed Pinto WF 4.0: Extending with Custom Activities , Matt Winkler WCF: Developing RESTful Services , Steve Maine Microsoft .NET Framework: Declarative Programming Using XAML , Rob Relyea/Daniel Roth WCF: Zen of Performance and Scale , Nicholas Allen In the end...

.NET Framework 4.0 – What’s ahead ? (1st thought) Just incase you had your doubt , this is my personal perspective of what’s ahead. Ok, we all know my perspective about the architectural aspects that .NET 4.0 would bring from: Dublin + .NET Framework 4.0 = "BizTalk/SOA Express Framework" ! (part 4) .NET Framework 4.0 = "BizTalk/SOA Express Framework" ? PART3 .NET Framework 4.0 = "BizTalk/SOA Express Framework" ? PART2 .NET Framework 4.0 = "BizTalk/SOA Express Framework"...

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