IBM acquires Datapower - Will software be same
IBM has acquired Datapower , one of the non (web 2.0) companies in the overly hyped environment. And it seems it hasn't got any coverage in the main media yet, but might get in the coming days. Currently, everyone seems to be focused on Web 2.0, but it looks like this acquisition might have long-term effects on software (S/W) applications. The question is what exactly Datapower do and how IBM's acquisition is significant? Today, S/W applications are built on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Legacy applications are enhanced to have SOA-based infrastructure. What it means to the layman, is that there is a service available on some website like (Google, or Amazon) and you can send a request for that service, and it replies to you back with the desired answer. SOA based applications mainly have data sent over the wire as XML, it can be SOAP (XML/HTTP) or XML/JMS. In a broader sense, it's a message (containing XML data on some transport protocol) that is sent across the wi