Using Data Services to Build Functional Services
In almost every significant SOA deployment, a few services have advanced requirements that force those services to intelligently manage the data that they use. A fault-tolerant service might be deployed on a cluster of machines, which means that the instances of the service must share data across several machines.
Source: linux.sys-con.com
IBM Unveils Breakthrough Business Class Mainframe; Targets Growth of SOA Transactions and Data
IBM today launched a new System z9 Business Class mainframe with pricing starting at around $100,000 and designed to tackle the critical computing challenges of our time: the coming wave of automated Service Oriented Architecture, new heightened expectations for data security and the rapid expansion of emerging markets.
Source: biz.yahoo.com
Is NHS data there for any company - or just one?
Few repositories of public sector information contain more political dynamite than those in NHS data sets. This week it was NHS staff numbers; next week it could be surgeons' death rates.
Source: politics.guardian.co.uk
Bonds Fall on Durable Goods, Housing Data
NEW YORK (AP) - Bonds prices fell Wednesday after another round of robust economic data drove traders and investors to worry that the Federal Reserve may have more rate hikes ahead of it than had been currently expected. U.S. government bond prices fell hard after the release of data by the government that showed orders for big-ticket items surged in March. The data sent the 10-year yield, which
Source: www.startribune.com
Nymex Crude Recovers From Fall on EIA Data
Oil prices were steady Wednesday morning after falling in knee-jerk reaction to data showing a sharp recovery in U.S. refinery operations and a smaller-than-expected draw in gasoline inventories.
Source: www.rigzone.com