Abstract:
Each year I outline a handful of technology treads that the WebSphere team is aggressively pursuing. The following article provides a brief outline of seven technology trends that are energizing the WebSphere team in 2008.\nThe 2008 trends are these: Restful SOA, Event Processing, SOA Management, Extreme Transaction Processing, Application Virtualization, Business Machines, and Business Rules<br><br>\n\nThere are a few overarching thoughts to these trends – not the least to mention on continued maniacal focus on SOA. However, as I outline these trends a single thought is in the forefront of my mind – that is Agility.<br>\n<br>\n* Agility in unleashing the content in the enterprise to the web.<br>\n* Agility in creating new composite and reactive applications.<br>\n* Agility in allowing a business analyst to dynamically customize a SOA<br>\n* Agility in managing a complex data center in a cost efficient and green manner. <br>