• “Cloud Integration in Minutes” – True or False? | Bruce Tierney
  The answer is 'True, but..." according to Bruce Tierney. "Connecting on-premise and cloud applications “in minutes” is true…provided you only consider the connectivity subset of integration and have a small number of cloud integration touch points." Get the rest of the story in Bruce's detailed post.
• Tech World Discovers New Species: The Cloud Architect | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
  This Wired article by Cade Metz boils down to one essential conclusion: Cloud computing is a significant departure from "data center designs of the past," and the demand for the specialized skills of the cloud architect will only increase. But you already knew that, right?
• Oracle B2B - Synchronous Request Reply | A-Team - SOA
  "Beginning with Oracle SOA Suite PS5 (11.1.1.6), B2B supports synchronous request reply over http using the b2b/syncreceiver servlet," says C. D. Wright of the Fusion Middleware A-Team. His post includes a demo and everything you need to run it.

Thought for the Day

"Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do… The best way to predict the future is to invent it."

— Alan Kay
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