Charles Young writes: Yesterday, Microsoft released the final version of ESB Toolkit 2.0 (the word 'Guidance' has been dropped) which you can download.   A preliminary read seems to suggest that, between the release of the CTP and the final release, Microsoft scrapped the old UDDI resolver and have introduced a completely new version that complies with the UDDI standards and which addresses the issues raised in a blog article which I published earlier this year.   However, please be aware that I need time to properly digest the

Dave Berry of Oracle writes: I was discussing with a solutions consultant recently the perceived complexity of putting in place an initial governance solution. In following up on Mike van Alst’s recent blog on SOA governance processes, I wondered what tactical processes would be approachable for an organization trying to get a handle on SOA asset management. A couple things came to mind that I’ve heard from customers such as loading assets into their repository to discover dependencies with the benefit being more granular deployment bundles and reduced