Transaction Across Enterprise boundaries

Current middleware technologies like

1. CICS (mainframe) - the key integration piece is going to be Java & J2EE


2. IBM Websphere (MQ)


3. Tibco's Rendezvous


4. Sonic Software SonicMQ

Links

Web Services Standards

1. http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/

Web Services Links

1. http://www.nwfusion.com/topics/webservices.html
2. http://webservices.xml.com/
3. http://www.sys-con.com/webservices/

XML Links

1. http://www.oasis-open.org/home/index.php
2. http://www.nwfusion.com/topics/xml.html

Basics of SOA and Web Services

Links that provide basics of SOA and Web Services:

Good Starters

1. http://www.service-architecture.com/web-services/articles/web_services_explained.html

Other Links

1. http://webservices.xml.com/pub/a/ws/2003/09/30/soa.html

SOA Infrastructure

The next wave of change is going to be in applications as the infrastructure for communications is up and running now. Is SOA going to change the world of enterprises in the way they are going to communicate and do business ? Does it require a new breed of infrastructure components ? The answer looks seemingly 'Yes', as all the heavy weights trying to project and influence this space.