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10 IT skills where expertise pays the most

CIO

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is an architectural framework used for software development that focuses on applications and systems as independent services. Average salary for expertise: $172,772 Average salary for regular use: $137,626 Difference: $35,146 2.

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SOA vs. EDA: Is Not Life Simply a Series of Events?

Confluent

Most contemporary software architectures are some mix of these two approaches. I will attempt to articulate in layman’s terms what an event-driven architecture (EDA) is and contrast it with service-oriented architecture (SOA). On a humorous note, perhaps SOA should really be called CDA for client-driven architecture.

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3 commandments that should drive every API strategy

CIO

The result was a complete overhaul of how applications were developed and integrated, thanks to a growing network of open web APIs that anyone could consume. In the early 2000s, companies like Amazon, eBay, and Salesforce drove a trend toward standardizing interfaces among web applications.

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Tips for designing distributed systems

CircleCI

With companies expecting software products to handle constantly increasing volumes of requests and network bandwidth use, apps must be primed for scale. Before we get into tips and best practices for designing your distributed system, it might be helpful to look back at the evolution of software architecture. Distributed computing.

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Web 2.0 Architectures: What Entrepreneurs and Architects Need to Know

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Architectures is now out from O'Reilly as of this month. Amazon UK nearly sold out almost immediately and we're making it standard issue for the architecture course at Web 2.0 architectures in design pattern form (in fact, the book was originally entitled Web 2.0 Architectures Hacking the Web's Network Effect.

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Interview with Evgeny Predein – CEO of Apiumhub

Apiumhub

First he decided to work as a software developer to better understand the industry and then once he identified key gaps in the software industry he decided to found his own company, focusing on software architecture and best practices. Right now he owns three companies where he is CEO and Board Member: Apiumhub , Apium Academy and VYou.

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Links for 2009-05-08 [del.icio.us]

Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

Five ways to avoid SOA failure > Service Oriented Architectures > Information Architecture. Five ways to avoid SOA failure: [link] "The first rule about SOA: Don't talk about SOA." How Social Networks Are Changing Everything - BusinessWeek. " ;-) [from [link].

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