Developers are showing a trend toward favoring the use of Java vs. .NET when it comes to implementing service-oriented architectures (SOAs), according to analysis from Evans Data Corp.

Java SOA Cookbook, by Eben Hewitt, covers Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) from a Java implementation stand-point. In the book, Eben discusses SOA model basics, tools and best practices. SOA ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

So the next step [for SOA] was consuming the same back-end shared services through vendor-provided Java proxies to the mainframe.” ...

The new OASIS-backed approaches could provide a common, accepted, widespread common meta data foundation, and the means to broader use of BPEL to write processes that relate to services from ...

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.

To help with this transition, BluePhoenix Solutions on September 18 is announcing the release of a platform to redevelop legacy Cobol applications for use in environments such as SOA, Java and C#.

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 ...

But Java is closing the gap and may surpass .NET if the trend continues. To my mind, Microsoft has been too quiet about its SOA offering and plans, and this isn't the best way to recruit developers.

.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 ...