Service Oriented Architecture

(Gartner, April 24, 2008) Foundational EAS technology is evolving to meet the challenges of constant innovation in business software. Gartner positions Microsoft in Leaders Quadrant in the 2008 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Application Servers.

Microsoft unveils vision and roadmap to simplify SOA, bridge software+services, and take composite applications mainstream and announces “Oslo,” the code name for the set of technical investments that help customers realize this vision.

Directions on Microsoft (October 30, 2007, .pdf, 377 kb) “Oslo supports principles – service-oriented architecture and composite applications – that Microsoft believes will drive future business application development.”