links for 2006-10-31

• SOA realization: Service design principles
  (tags: SOA architecture webservices ibm technology j2ee java principle ESB)
• Introduction to SOA governance
  (tags: SOA IBM development architecture java j2ee)
• soa-compliance.pdf (application/pdf Object)
  (tags: soa ibm java Webservices j2ee architecture)
• InfoQ: The Role of the Enterprise Service Bus
  (tags: SOA Java video ESB JBI)
• ONJava.com — J2EE Transaction Frameworks: Distributed Transaction Primer
  (tags: Transactions JTA java J2EE transaction distributed EJB)
• Learn business process modeling basics for the analyst
  (tags: business ibm soa bpm architecture java j2ee)

links for 2006-10-27

• ONJava.com: What Is Struts

  (tags: framework article j2ee Java programming webdev struts soa)

• Beginning SOA Using BEA WebLogic Workshop > SOA Principles

  (tags: soa j2ee java bea)

• SOA concepts – HP Dev Resource Central

  (tags: soa java hp j2ee resources)

• Web Services for Remote Portlets – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  (tags: web Webservices portal Java j2ee soa)

• Introduction to Web Services for Remote Portlets

  (tags: SOA reference portal article web Webservices Java j2ee)

• The Java™ EE 5 Tutorial

  (tags: java j2ee tutorial soa)

• A case for SOA governance

  (tags: soa java j2ee)

• SOA Best Practices: The BPEL Cookbook

  (tags: soa oracle webservices tutorials java J2EE architecture)

• SOA Practitioners’ Guide

  (tags: SOA architecture BEA j2ee Java tutorial development programming reference service Software article)

• The “Mastering SOA” Series

  (tags: development j2ee Java tutorial SOA oracle)

• developerWorks : SOA and Web services : Technical library view

  Work with Web services in enterprise-wide SOAs, Part 15: Collaborating the framework for Web Services Implementation with WS-Resource Framework using IBM Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest

  (tags: soa java j2ee ibm architecture tutorial Webservices)

• Work with Web services in enterprise-wide SOA, Part 1: Close enterprise system gaps with multiple SOAs

  Work with Web services in enterprise-wide SOA, Part 1: Close enterprise system gaps with multiple SOAs

  (tags: SOA Webservices tutorial java j2ee ibm)

• IBM Certified SOA Solution Designer certification prep, Part 1: SOA best practices

  (tags: IBM SOA Webservices certification j2ee java)

google promoting toolbar on homepage

This is what I saw on the google homepage today, they are promoting the toolbar , using a blue ad bar on the top of the page. Look at the top of the page in the image below.

This is the first time I have seen google promoting something this aggressively and taking off so much of the important realestate on the homepage.

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