Open source technologies have played a role in Web services and SOA for
years. As large commercial vendors introduce more extensive open source SOA
solutions and traditional open source providers broaden their solutions to
address more SOA requirements, it is now possible to build an
enterprise-ready infrastructure for service-based integration on an open
source foundation. This session introduces the requirements for an open
source SOA technology stack, including integration of disparate components,
SOA standards and operational requirements, plus key requirements for any
open source solution: technical maturity, quality of support, breadth of
acceptance, and fit with commercial operations.
... (more)