Web Services are a great advance in our quest for the Service Oriented Enterprise, but most enterprises overlook the importance of a Service Registry (UDDI).  This article outlines reasons why UDDI is critical to successful SOA initiatives and reviews recent enhancements to the UDDI standard.   

What is a Service Registry?

The latest version of the Oracle Service UDDI Registry (OSR 11gR1) is available on the OSR OTN page and EDelivery web sites. OSR 11g has new support for WebLogic Server 11g and an updated certification for the latest hardware and software platforms, databases etc... You can see the current platform matrix by visiting the Oracle Fusion Middleware Supported System Configuration OTN page.

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 functionality changes, and won't be ab

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.