Abstract: In general, the present invention provides a technique for IT estimation modeling of any organization. Although this estimation model is applied to SOA herein, it is not limited to solely estimating SOA activities; the maturity-based estimation modeling can be applied to other areas and disciplines, even beyond the IT industry. The maturity-based model of the present invention also offers executives and project managers a very effective estimating tool to analyze the impact of project variances. Resources do not need to be taken off projects and assigned to perform estimations, as this model acquires knowledge over time and delivers ever more precise estimates with each successive project. Executives and project managers may analyze the effects of additional staff, function changes, or other events to an overall project. Additionally, new projects may be estimated without utilizing current personnel with this adaptive learning model.

Abstract: An invention that manages a service oriented architecture (SOA) lifecycle is provided. In one embodiment, there is a lifecycle management tool, including an identification component configured to identify a set of business objectives, evaluate a need for a SOA service solution based on the set of business objectives, and identify a set of candidate SOA shared services of the SOA shared service solution; a development component configured to develop service components for each of the set of candidate SOA shared services of the SOA shared service solution; and a deployment component configured to deploy at least one of the set of candidate SOA shared services of the SOA shared services solution.

Abstract: Methods, including service methods, articles of manufacture, systems, articles and programmable devices are provided for performing variation oriented analysis across aspects of service oriented architecture modeling. A commonality or variance of a first process to a second process of an initial model plurality of processes is captured, each having an initial model process format, and also of a third process relative to a fourth process of another model plurality of processes having a different format, wherein the commonalities and variances are stored in a common repository memory device in a repository format different from the model process formats. Processes of a model plurality are then refined as a function of the stored commonalities and variances, wherein refining comprises considering any of the stored commonalities and variances.

Abstract: Methods, including service methods, articles of manufacture, systems, articles and programmable devices are provided for performing a technical feasibility exploration for a service-oriented architecture. A challenge associated with enabling a service-oriented architecture service is identified, and an impact of the challenge identified and analyzed. A potential solution of the identified challenge is identified as a function of analyzing the impact and analyzed to determine if a new challenge associated with enabling a service-oriented architecture service arises as a function of the potential solution. If determined that a new challenge arises, challenge identifying, challenge impact identifying and analyzing, potential solution identifying and the analyzing is repeated. If analyzing determines that a new challenge does not arise, a potential solution is used as an input during an implementation phase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to water soluble carbon nano tubes (WSNT) which have been made function by functionalizing with carboxylic acid groups. The carbon nano tubes are isolated from hydrocarbon wax soot and then functionalized by oxidation treatment with an oxidizing agent. The WSNT can contain a pharmaceutical composition for release by a biological degradation agent of the WSNT for example E coli.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for representing and configuring flexible and extensible presentation patterns based on fine-grained architectural building blocks (ABBs). The techniques include defining ABBs, modeling the ABBs in a uniform manner, and creating at least one template using the ABBs, wherein the at least one template includes at least one of pre-configured static characteristics and user-specified service characteristics.