Java microservices are not simply SOA systems with a different name. Delivered in a Docker container using DevOps practices, Java microservices have many advantages over traditional SOA apps.

BEA is clearly trying to merge the Java servers and the ESB in pursuit of a compelling SOA story. Certainly from the standpoint of managing an SOA infrastructure, these products succeed.

Java SOA Cookbook, by Eben Hewitt, covers Service Oriented Architecture from a Java implementation stand-point. Eben discusses SOA basics, tools, best practices and SOA Governance topics.

Sun Microsystems (perhaps soon to be Snorkel if the Oracle acquisition goes through) just released a new raft of platforms and tools targeted at SOA-aware service development and deployment.The ...

Java for SOA development had a positive bounce in the survey over the sixth-month period. However, the survey results for .NET use weren't as rosy.

Java for SOA development had a positive bounce in the survey over the sixth-month period. However, the survey results for .NET use weren't as rosy. Nearly 20 percent fewer respondents indicated a ...

ZDNet Blogging colleague Dana Gardner just surfaced Michael Meehan's top eight picks for SOA and Web services stories of 2006.Mike does a great job of spotting the most important news shaping the ...

.NET deployments for SOA were still ahead with 31 percent targeting that platform, but with 28 percent now expecting to target Java technologies; the rival platforms are virtually tied. Almost one ...

In addition, Sun released the newest version of Java ES (release 4), which now supports Solaris 10 OS, Windows 2000, Linux and HP-UX. Additional support for Windows 2003 is expected within the next 90 ...

In other new product news from Oracle Open World, Oracle's JDeveloper Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for enterprise Java and SOA now includes more than 500 planned new features and ...

In this Java tip, learn how to use Apache Camel to develop a quick-and-easy integration layer for a service-oriented architecture. Apache Camel lets you configure Camel integration components for ...