Oracle, SAP, IBM et al progress with neutral SOA standard
Summary
An alliance of the worlds biggest software vendors have announced progress on specs for a language-neutral programming model for SOA (service-oriented architecture) environments. As more look to deploy Web services, their developers are calling for increased standardisation to make the process of integrating different third-party SOA technologies less onerous. Rivals including BEA, IBM, Oracle and SAP first got together in November to begin work on the common programming model along with Iona, Sybase, Xcalia and Zend. The work since November has focused on ease of use and adding support for more technologies, according to Jeff Mischkinsky, director of Web services standards at Oracle. "Weve got a very wide set of supporters, which is tantamount to gaining acceptance in the industry," said Ed Cobb, vice president of architecture and standards at BEA.
