Announcing BizTalk Server R3

Posted by: Owen on Thursday, 24th Apr, 2008

For all those out there still working in the Microsoft integration space, keep your eyes open for the next iteration of BizTalk Server 2006. I’ve just picked this up from Andy James’ Solidsoft blog:
Today, Steve Martin announced a few details about the next version of BizTalk that will be available in early 2009. [...]

FaceBook gets a taste of it’s own medicine

Posted by: Owen on Friday, 3rd Aug, 2007

It’s been interesting to watch the growth of FaceBook and the rise of applications that get hosted within it’s “domain”. However, the one thing that has risen to the surface is how FaceBook is perfectly happy to integrate other people’s data into their space, but not that happy to share the data it holds about [...]

BPM - How does it work ?

Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 7th Feb, 2007

I was looking through Quixa’s website, Quixa being one of the companies working in BPM (Business Process Management) out there. They have an interesting set of videos showing how BPM works, and although it’s a pretty simple case, you can get the idea. Check them out here
I’ve been trying to get up to speed with [...]

BizTalk Reading Material

Posted by: Owen on Wednesday, 6th Apr, 2005

Some BizTalk Reading from Scott Woodgate’s blog ..

..Below are 5 new whitepapers on various aspects of the product. I’d like to personally thank all the whitepaper authors below. These papers are still “beta” so feel free to provide feedback in the comments and we will address what is required. The whitepapers are hosted [...]

Understanding BPM servers

Posted by: Owen on Tuesday, 2nd Nov, 2004

Some more bedtime reading from David Chappell ..

I’ve argued elsewhere that the move to SOA is sparking the emergence of a new kind of software platform. Exemplified by products like IBM™s WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation, BEA™s WebLogic Process Edition, and Microsoft’s BizTalk Server 2004, the primary goal of this platform style is to support [...]