A microservices application is one that is composed of a series of discrete services, which communicate with one another via an API. Microservices apps are the opposite of monolithic applications. The ...

A software developers' work in complex enterprise application environments usually involves spending many hours maintaining existing applications, time that could be spent building new and innovative ...

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 key ...

SANTA CRUZ, USA: In a recent analysis done by Evans Data Corporation (EDC) says developers are showing a trend toward favoring the use of Java vs. .NET when it comes to implementing service-oriented ...

BEA Systems has redefined itself several times in its short history. Originally set up to sell the Tuxedo transaction manager, the company made a deft acquisition of the WebLogic application server in ...

At the recent Oracle OpenWorld event, Oracle announced a series of new enhancements to its Java middleware stack, which incorporates application server and Java tools from last year's BEA acquisition.

When it comes to crafting SOA services, .NET has a slight -- very slight -- advantage over Java. As of now, 31 percent of SOA developers code in .NET, with 28 percent writing in Java. But Java is ...

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