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  Home | e-skills UK 

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  The research 'IT and Telecoms Insights 2008' provides a unique view of the key trends, opportunities and challenges facing the UK over the next ten years, and their implications for skills. We are now ... working with employers and partners to develop strategic plans for the four nations of the UK. View full video » Insights 2008 » Strategy 2008 »   [More...] [Less...]

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  Technology Review: A New Way to Read Hard Disks 

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  Tuesday, September 11, 2007 A New Way to Read Hard Disks Researchers believe that the magneto-electric effect might be key to creating the sensors needed for ultra-high-capacity memory. By Prachi Patel-Predd ... Packing data: Hard disks will soon pack as much as one terabit of data per square inch--five times what disks carry now. Current reading devices will not be able to read the tiny bits, so researchers at the U.K.'s National Physical Laboratory have proposed a design for a new type of read-head sensor that might work. Credit: University of St. Andrews Data density on hard disks has roughly doubled every year for the past 30 years, and to keep up, researchers have made smaller and smaller sensors to read the tiny bits stored on a disk. Today's hard disks pack a mind-boggling amount of data--more than 200 gigabits in a square inch. But as the industry gears up for densities of up to one terabit per square inch, the sensors are reaching their physical limits. Researchers at the Na   [More...] [Less...]

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  Service-Oriented Architecture - Oracel.com [text/plain]

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  First added: 12 October 2007, by: David Wiblin  [Report as spam]

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  InfoWorld: Trust key to Internet security 

  http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/09/14/37OPsecadvise-five-rings-security-authentication_1.html

  A few of my previous columns discussed my vision of creating a more secure Internet. It involved replacing the Internet's default anonymity with pervasive authentication , from the hardware initialization, ... through the OS and all applications, the user, and ending with a verifiable network stream. It is my strong belief that without a complete overhaul of default authentication, malicious hacking is going to continue indefinitely. And as expected, several readers complained about the obvious invasion of privacy my plan would entail; it's a duality I wrestle with as well. But an even bigger obstacle is the need to upgrade and replace nearly every involved software and hardware component. The computer world's normal evolutionary growth patterns don't fit nicely into my revolutionary changes. Few can afford to throw away the old and buy all new, much less have that occur across the globe all at once. It pretty much guarantees that my idea will never see the light of day … at least not for   [More...] [Less...]

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  Understanding Service-Oriented Architecture 

  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480021.aspx

  If the principles summarized in Table 1 are complied with, we get some interesting benefits: There is real synchronization between the business and IT implementation perspective . For many years, business ... people haven't really understood the IT architecture. With well designed services we can radically improve communications with the business, and indeed move beyond alignment and seriously consider convergence of business and IT processes. A well formed service provides us with a unit of management that relates to business usage. Enforced separation of the service provision provides us with basis for understanding the life cycle costs of a service and how it is used in the business. When the service is abstracted from the implementation it is possible to consider various alternative options for delivery and collaboration models. No one expects that, at any stage in the foreseeable future, core enterprise applications will be acquired purely by assembling services from multiple sources.   [More...] [Less...]

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  What is SOA, really? 

  http://blog.objectmentor.com/articles/2007/04/11/what-is-soa-really

  The good news is, you probably already know. The bad news is, you probably know too much. This article describes Service Oriented Architecture in a simple and easy to understand way that is devoid of buzzwords ... and vendor spin. It’s the introduction to SOA that you haven’t been able to find anywhere else. There are things in a business that don’t change very often. Gas stations in the U.S., for example, still sell gasoline by the gallon. Restaurants still sell meals from a menu. Dentists still sell cleanings every 6 months. Every business has these aspects that don’t change very frequently. They often represent a huge part of the business. We’ll call these things the _core business functions. There are other things in a business that change very frequently. Prices, tax rates, catalogs, new products, new marketing campaigns, advertising, new business areas, new customer areas, etc. Indeed, businesses must be able to change, and change quickly, in order to survive. And yet, it is vital th   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 12 October 2007, by: David Wiblin  [Report as spam]

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  A future for mainframes in SOA 

  http://www.it-analysis.com/content.php?cid=10009

  While it is far too early to get an answer it is now possible to ask, as a serious rather than trivial question, whether there is scope to see new sales of zSeries mainframes grow into the SOA and web ... services-based market sectors as a result of new developments in integration tools, such as the recent appearance of DataDirect Technologies' major upgrade of its Shadow integration platform, for the traditionally back-office machines. Will it be enough to prove to be a positive lever on green field zSeries sales? It might still be a brave person who answered ‘yes’ right now, the opportunity now exists where the mainframe can start to play a full part in a web-services/SOA environment, running applications that can proactively participate in that environment rather than just be a passive contributor to it. While it may not be natural to think of a mainframe as a core system in such an environment, Version 7 of Shadow does offer the potential to move IBM's zSeries systems well beyond the t   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 21 November 2007, by: David Wiblin  [Report as spam]

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  Infrastructure considerations for SOA from IBM White Papers at silicon.com 

  http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60299555p-39000483q,00.htm

  Infrastructure considerations for service-oriented architecture Service-oriented architecture is gaining attention for its ability to increase the flexibility and efficiency of business processes. But ... while many corporations turn their attention towards SOA for increased agility, it is important to consider the impact on the IT infrastructure. This whitepaper provides considerations for integrating SOA into an existing environment. Infrastructure considerations for service-oriented architecture Service-oriented architecture is gaining attention for its ability to increase the flexibility and efficiency of business processes. But while many corporations turn their attention towards SOA... Listen as IBM environmental experts discuss new and innovative IT solutions intended to help your business save energy, reduce its carbon footprint, and lower its cooling costs. View this... The future of business: it's a dynamic, global, frictionless and innovative place. It's also extremely competiti   [More...] [Less...]

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  Service-oriented architecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service-oriented_architecture

  The modelling and design methodology for SOA applications has become known by the terms and SOAD [8] . SOAD is a design methodology for developing highly-agile systems in a consumer/producer model that ... abstracts implementation from process, such that a service-provider can be modified or changed without affecting the consumer. [ edit ] Service contract This refers to a Service Level Agreement type document and should not be part of the article. A service contract needs to have the following components: Header Name - Name of the service. Should indicate in general terms what it does, but not be the only definition Version - The version of this service contract Owner - The person/team in charge of the service RACI Responsible - The role the person/team is responsible for the deliverables of this contract/service. All versions of the contract Accountable - Ultimate Decision Maker in terms of this contract/service Consulted - Who must be consulted before action is taken on this contract/se   [More...] [Less...]

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  Web Services and Service-Oriented Architectures 

  http://www.service-architecture.com/

  This site will help you get started with Web Services and service-oriented architectures. It features free articles, services, and product listings that can be used to develop a service-oriented architecture ... using Web Services. Online articles that provide an extensive overview of Web Services, related standards, and technologies that can be used in service-oriented architectures. There are nearly 400 pages of articles. Example enterprise Web Services architecture The following diagram is an example of a service-oriented architecture using Web Services. Click on the yellow boxes below to obtain more information on a subject. Getting started It is difficult to keep up with the rapid changes in technology. The advent of Web Services and service-oriented architectures makes "keeping up" all the more important, because these technologies are fundamentally changing the way we build our internal systems—those that support our organizations—and how internal and external systems will interact.   [More...] [Less...]

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