WSO2 Oxygen Tank Developer Portal for Open Source SOA Web Services and Middleware http://wso2.org/atom/feed 2009-06-10T10:07:49+00:00 Podcast: SOA Summer School - SOA Governance http://wso2.org/library/podcasts/podcast-soa-summer-school-soa-governance 2009-07-02T07:35:35+00:00 2009-07-02T07:45:17+00:00 ayanthi Asanka Abeysinghe speaks to Oxygen Tank on the upcoming Summer School session on governance best practices.

]]> Asanka Abeysinghe speaks to Oxygen Tank on the upcoming Summer School session on governance best practices.

In this podcast, WSO2 Architect Asanka Abeysinghe speaks to Oxygen Tank on the upcoming Summer SchoolSOA Governance

Podcast: asanka_governance.mp3(3.20MB)

]]> News: Is PHP Enterprise Ready - InfoQ Panel Discussion http://wso2.org/library/news/news-php-enterprise-ready-infoq-panel-discussion 2009-06-29T12:08:53+00:00 2009-06-29T12:34:26+00:00 ayanthi A InfoQ panel discussion on the growing use of PHP in enterprise software development.

]]> A InfoQ panel discussion on the growing use of PHP in enterprise software development.

In this virtual panel discussion Zeev Suraski, Rob Nicholson and Derick Rethans discusses PHP support for interoperability, its support for features and programming style.

Podcast: Is PHP ready for the Enterprise?

]]> Podcast: SOA Summer School - Security in SOA http://wso2.org/library/podcasts/podcast-soa-summer-school-security-soa 2009-06-26T05:13:43+00:00 2009-06-26T05:24:16+00:00 ayanthi Prabath Siriwardena speaks to Oxygen Tank on the upcoming Summer School session.

]]> Prabath Siriwardena speaks to Oxygen Tank on the upcoming Summer School session.

In this podcast, Prabath Siriwardena - a Senior Software Engineer at WSO2 talks to Oxygen Tank on what he plans to cover in the upcoming Summer School session titled Security in SOA.

Podcast: prabath_security.mp3

]]> SOA Summer School, SD Times 100 and OSCON 2009 http://wso2.org/newsletter/5537 2009-06-25T05:59:19+00:00 2009-07-02T09:52:49+00:00 ayanthi
The WSO2 Voice
Ruwan Linton
Ruwan Linton
Product Manager - WSO2 ESB

This past month we launched SOA Summer School, and thousands of members of our community have joined in. But that's not the only thing keeping us busy - we've also been hard at work on the next generation of our OSGi-based product lineup. The componentized Carbon architecture has matured, along with OSGi domain knowledge, and we are ready to ship a matured stable set of products to the community. Apart from being a much more stable release, the new-and-improved Carbon framework also carries additional features including the Rules support in ESB, Governance support in the Registry, a transactional JMS transport and many more improvements. This generation is in the Release Candidate (RC) phase now and will become GA very soon.

On that note, it is interesting to note how WSO2 defines the release life cycle:

  • Milestone releases - Each and every milestone will add a set of new features, but we try our best to limit the new features in a given milestone to a absolute minimum (like only one) to make it easier to find what new features cause any potential regressions, if there are any.
  • Alpha release - All features are complete, but there is no guarantee on stability.
  • Beta releases - All Level 1 issues are fixed and the release is guaranteed to be stable from the development perspective.
  • Release Candidates - All Level 1 and Level 2 issues are fixed and the release is ready for development purposes.
  • General Availability - Ready for production environments.

Stay tuned to WSO2 OxygenTank to see these product releases getting off the ground. Until then, we welcome you to try out the RC versions and provide your feedback to our development team!
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The WSO2 Voice
Ruwan Linton
Ruwan Linton
Product Manager - WSO2 ESB

This past month we launched SOA Summer School, and thousands of members of our community have joined in. But that's not the only thing keeping us busy - we've also been hard at work on the next generation of our OSGi-based product lineup. The componentized Carbon architecture has matured, along with OSGi domain knowledge, and we are ready to ship a matured stable set of products to the community. Apart from being a much more stable release, the new-and-improved Carbon framework also carries additional features including the Rules support in ESB, Governance support in the Registry, a transactional JMS transport and many more improvements. This generation is in the Release Candidate (RC) phase now and will become GA very soon.

On that note, it is interesting to note how WSO2 defines the release life cycle:

  • Milestone releases - Each and every milestone will add a set of new features, but we try our best to limit the new features in a given milestone to a absolute minimum (like only one) to make it easier to find what new features cause any potential regressions, if there are any.
  • Alpha release - All features are complete, but there is no guarantee on stability.
  • Beta releases - All Level 1 issues are fixed and the release is guaranteed to be stable from the development perspective.
  • Release Candidates - All Level 1 and Level 2 issues are fixed and the release is ready for development purposes.
  • General Availability - Ready for production environments.

Stay tuned to WSO2 OxygenTank to see these product releases getting off the ground. Until then, we welcome you to try out the RC versions and provide your feedback to our development team!
]]> News: Governance in Cloud Computing http://wso2.org/library/news/governance-cloud-computing 2009-06-24T12:49:39+00:00 2009-06-25T05:55:26+00:00 ayanthi A Dana Gardner podcast on growing need for governance.

]]> A Dana Gardner podcast on growing need for governance.

Governance is crucial for all SOA deployments and even more so for cloud deployments. In this podcast, Dana Gardner (Principal Analyst of Interarbor Solutions) talks to David A. Kelly (Founder and President of Upside Research Inc.), Ron Schmelzer (Senior Analyst from ZapThink) and Joe McKendrick (independent analyst) of the need for service governance to enable better technology alignment with business requirements to reap full benefits of these deployments.

Podcast: Governance in Cloud Computing

Alternatively read the transcript of the podcast here.

]]> Blog Post: WSO2 Carbon http://wso2.org/library/news/blog-post-wso2-carbon 2009-06-23T06:39:27+00:00 2009-06-23T12:56:00+00:00 ayanthi Supun Kamburugamuva writes about OSGi enabled componentization and recent beta releases of the WSO2 Carbon platform.

]]> Supun Kamburugamuva writes about OSGi enabled componentization and recent beta releases of the WSO2 Carbon platform.

WSO2 recently released the 2.0-beta of its Carbon platform accompanied by WSO2 Governance Registry v3.0.0-beta1, WSO2 WSAS v3.1.0-beta1, WSO2 ESB v2.1.0-beta1 and WSO2 Identity Server v2.0.0-beta1.

Supun Kamburugamuva a WSO2 Engineer in this post, writes on the need for componentization and how WSO2 Carbon addresses this requirement. Also included in the post is a brief introduction to WSO2 Carbon structure, that consists of the platform, the Carbon Orbit and Carbon components.

Story: WSO2 Carbon

Additional Recommended Reading

]]> Podcast: SOA Summer School - Scalable SOA http://wso2.org/library/podcasts/podcast-soa-summer-school-scalable-soa 2009-06-19T06:22:30+00:00 2009-06-24T04:15:52+00:00 ayanthi Samisa Abeysinghe speaks to Oxygen Tank on the upcoming Summer School session.

]]> Samisa Abeysinghe speaks to Oxygen Tank on the upcoming Summer School session.

In this podcast, WSO2 Director Engineering Samisa Abeysinghe speaks to Oxygen Tank on the upcoming Summer School session titled Scalable SOA that discusses clustering technologies for SOA deployments.

Podcast: samisa_scalable_soa.mp3

]]> Podcast: SOA Summer School - SOA Enterprise Architecture Patterns http://wso2.org/library/podcasts/podcast-soa-summer-school-soa-enterprise-architecture-patterns 2009-06-17T06:37:59+00:00 2009-06-17T08:25:15+00:00 ayanthi Asanka Abeysinghe speaks to Oxygen Tank on the upcoming Summer School session.

]]> Asanka Abeysinghe speaks to Oxygen Tank on the upcoming Summer School session.

In this podcast, WSO2 Architect Asanka Abeysinghe speaks to Oxygen Tank on the upcoming Summer School session titled SOA Enterprise Architecture Patterns that discusses real world mapping of SOA solutions to customer use cases.

Podcast: asanka_soa_patterns.mp3

]]> WSO2 Wins SD Times 100: 2009 Award http://wso2.org/library/news/wso2-wins-sd-times100-2009 2009-06-16T13:56:53+00:00 2009-06-16T14:01:14+00:00 ayanthi WSO2 has won a SD Times 100: 2009 award in the SOA and Middleware category.

]]> WSO2 has won a SD Times 100: 2009 award in the SOA and Middleware category.

WSO2 has been recognized as a 2009 SD Times 100 award winner in the SOA Middleware category.

The SD Times 100 is a listing of companies, organizations and individuals, selected by the editors of SD Times as leaders and innovators during a calendar year. 

Stating the winners in the middleware category, SD Times 100: 2009 stated that, "by using smart middleware, and by adding Web services to existing or new applications, enterprise software can become smarter as well, and the cost to create new functionality can drop by an order of magnitude. These companies have demonstrated leadership and innovation in the areas of SOA-enablement and in creating enterprise middleware." Read the complete list here.

WSO2 was also listed last year as a winner in the same category.

]]> Connecting WSO2 Identity Server v2.0 to External User Stores http://wso2.org/library/news/connecting-wso2-identity-server-v2-0-external-user-stores 2009-06-10T09:46:27+00:00 2009-06-10T10:07:49+00:00 ayanthi Prabath Siriwardena, WSO2's Product manager for WSO2 Identity Server, has recently published a blog post on how to connect the WSO2 Identity Server to a LDAP data store.

]]> Prabath Siriwardena, WSO2's Product manager for WSO2 Identity Server, has recently published a blog post on how to connect the WSO2 Identity Server to a LDAP data store.

In a post title 'Connecting WSO2 Identity Server 2.0 to an LDAP based user store', Prabath explains setting up an LDAP user store using Apache Directory Studio and connecting it with WSO2 Identity Server 2.0.

Story: Connecting WSO2 Identity Server 2.0 to an LDAP based user store.

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