Leading providers of service orientated architecture
(SOA) software have joined forces to further develop standards for
users.
Companies including BEA Systems, IBM, IONA, Oracle, SAP, Sybase,
Xcalia, Zend, Progress Software, Red Hat, Software AG, Sun
Microsystems and TIBCO Software are behind the initiative.
They have launched the vendor-neutral
www.OSOA.org website to serve as
an information resource for access to draft specifications, white
papers, and for providing a forum for industry input and
feedback.
The group aims to provide specifications designed to help
simplify the creation and composition of business services, and
other specifications that focus on uniform access to data residing
in multiple locations and formats.
An SOA aims to enable organisations to flexibly develop
web-based applications in response to the changing needs of their
businesses.
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