Articles by SOA World Magazine News Desk

Managed Methods Releases JaxView Version 4.5

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:50:00 EDT

Managed Methods has announced the availability of their SOA management and runtime governance product JaxView 4.5. While providing full support for the SOA and Web service management for the IT operations, JaxView 4.5 expanded runtime policy enforcement features and expanded integration to UDDI registries. JaxView 4.5 features include expanded integration with CentraSite GE from Software AG.

HP Enhances SOA Governance Software

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:06:00 EDT

HP announced a new release of its service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance software, HP SOA Systinet 3.00, which helps IT organizations use their resources more efficiently to deliver better business value from their SOA initiatives. HP SOA Systinet 3.00 helps increase the business value of SOA by empowering many people within an organization to discover, evaluate and reuse services in their composite applications and business processes.

SOA Webcast on SYS-CON.TV - DataDirect The Coming Wave in Data Services

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:00:00 EDT

"Data services apply the same philosophy of reuse and flexibility that SOA offers, but to the data tier," explains John Goodson, executive leader of DataDirect Technologies, in this Exclusive Q&A in the run-up to the inuaugural DataServices World on June 24th in New York City, of which DataDirect Technologies is the Diamond Sponsor. "Data services," Goodson continues, "provide a level of abstraction that frees developers from concerning themselves with the physical location or format of the underlying data."

WebLayers Launches Automated SOA Governance Solution for Mainframes

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:00:00 EDT

WebLayers launched an automated governance solution for mainframes. An extension of WebLayers' flagship solution, WebLayers Center for z/OS empowers enterprises to take a comprehensive approach to governance as they transition to a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). WebLayers has a high market standing in automated SOA governance. The WebLayers Center family provides a policy-based approach to automate what has traditionally been a manual, labor-intensive process of defining and enforcing governance from design to deployment.

SYS-CON's SOA World Conference & Expo Announces DigitalAssets "Gold Sponsor"

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:45:00 EDT

DA Software offers products and services that enable enterprises to manage and reuse their SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) and software development assets. The company helps clients accelerate their return on investment through the use of powerful tools and complete services. These solutions enable the identification, creation and management of reusable assets, increasing the agility and quality in software development while reducing costs.

SOA Software Expands European Operations

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:56:00 EDT

SOA Software announced that it has hired Wolf Gilbert, an executive from Microsoft Corporation, to leads its rapid expansion into the European market. Mr. Gilbert, joining SOA Software as Vice President for European Operations, combines strong business credentials with a deep technology background. He holds an MBA from Southern Methodist University. Mr. Gilbert designed and built one of the first ever Java-based ORBs and spent most of the last decade as an Architect for Microsoft.

iTKO LISA to Exhibit at SYS-CON's SOA World Conference & Expo

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:45:00 EDT

iTKO's LISA SOA Testing, Validation & Virtualization solutions mitigate the business risk of change and complexity in enterprise IT environments, while increasing trust across teams and shared technology assets. LISA's Complete, Collaborative and Continuous quality coverage provides validation of every component of SOA workflows throughout their lifecycle, from web apps, to web services, databases, messaging layers, legacy objects and application servers. Developers, QA teams and business analysts can rapidly automate functional and performance tests on a continuous basis through LISA's no-code interface.

Intel Named "Gold Sponsor" of SYS-CON's SOA World Conference

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:00:00 EDT

Intel, a leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Intel XML Software Products help enhance productivity of XML and SOA application development by providing comprehensive, high performance XML processing libraries that are easy to use and easy to integrate into the existing SOA and XML environments.

MindTree and iTKO to Compete with Parasoft

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:45:00 EDT

MindTree announced that it has entered into a global strategic alliance with iTKO LISA. MindTree will develop a ready-to-use testing framework and deliver solutions for the Travel, BFSI, Media and Retail industries using the iTKO tool set that will be made available to MindTree's customers across the globe helping them cut time-to-market by up to 20%.

MuleSource Integrates Intel XML Software Suite in SOA Solution

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:30:00 EDT

MuleSource announced a collaboration with Intel Corporation to deliver a new offering that provides off-the-shelf integration between Mule and the Intel XML Software Suite. Called Mule Xpack for Intel XML Software Suite -- the new offering is a set of instructions and Mule extensions that improve XML processing performance for SOA deployments.

DataDirect Named "Diamond Sponsor" of SYS-CON's SOA World Conference & Expo

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:00:00 EDT

DataDirect Technologies is the software industry's comprehensive provider of software for connecting the world's most critical business applications to data and services, running on any platform, using proven and emerging standards. Developers worldwide depend on DataDirect products to connect their applications to an unparalleled range of data sources using standards-based interfaces such as ODBC, JDBC and ADO.NET, XQuery and SOAP. More than 300 leading independent software vendors and thousands of enterprises rely on DataDirect Technologies to simplify and streamline data connectivity for distributed systems and to reduce the complexity of mainframe integration. DataDirect Technologies is an operating company of Progress Software Corporation.

Attachmate Unviels Mainframe SOA Integration Solution

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:00:00 EDT

Attachmate unveiled the latest version of its mainframe application integration solution, Attachmate Verastream Host Integrator 6.6. The new version includes new features and functionality that eliminate the technical complexity and code generation associated with legacy integration, offering IT organizations a low-risk, low-cost approach to legacy-to-SOA integration.

SYS-CON Webcast - The "Practical SOA" Approach

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:00:00 EDT

In this webcast you will see some examples of leveraging JBoss product suite in Enterprise Service-Oriented Architecture implementations. You will examine real-life case studies to clearly understand the full lifecycle of an Enterprise SOA, as well as what it takes to have the “Practical SOA” approach.

EMC Named "Gold Sponsor" of SYS-CON's SOA World Conference & Expo

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:00:00 EDT

EMC Corporation is one of the world’s leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information.

SYS-CON Webcast - Introducing Automated Business Process Discovery: Step #1 To Process Improvement

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:00:00 EDT

In a recent study, CIOs ranked "improving business processes" as their #1 priority for 2008. But the big question has always been - How does one get started with a BPM initiative? The traditional approach has been to engage external consultants and to dedicate significant time and resources to map out how a company does business. Very often, the outcome is delayed and riddled with inaccuracies.

SYS-CON Webcast - The Art & Science of SOA: How Governance Enables Adoption

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:00:00 EDT

Melding a stable enterprise architecture with the right level of technical and organization transparency involves two different perspectives. An architect can lay a SOA foundation that enables development teams to build new functionality leveraging Web Services. However, without a librarian’s perspective, the interaction between service providers and consumers sharing SOA assets can lead to your SOA projects stagnating. In this session, you’ll learn how Volvofinans brought together these two perspectives to accelerate SOA adoption.

French Automaker Moves Toward Web Services and SOA

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:30:00 EDT

GT Software announced that the automobile manufacturer Heuliez France has selected the company's Ivory Service Architect to improve and modernize its mainframe CICS applications. GT Software is a global provider of rapid service oriented architecture (SOA) development solutions that leverage mainframe resources.

SOA World Expo - Top SOA Providers to Compete for "Best of Show Awards"

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:00:00 EDT

The most important business benefit that service-oriented architecture (SOA) can provide is the ability to respond swiftly to change - thus helping to "future-proof" a company's IT investments. On November 19-21, in the San Jose Fairmont Hotel, California, at SOA World Conference & Expo 2008 West Sponsors and Exhibitors will be viewed as the leading companies driving the future of Enterprise IT and delegates will have the opportunity to cast their vote for their favorite SOA technology providers.

Web Age Solutions Named "Silver Sponsor" of SYS-CON's SOA World Conference & Expo

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EDT

Web Age Solutions is a provider of technology mentoring and education to the Fortune 500. Web Age Solutions’ "Preferred Vendor" status with these global leaders is a result of our highly progressive approach to knowledge transfer and relentless pursuit of customer satisfaction. While many of Web Age Solutions competitors are just now getting their feet wet with SOA, Web Age Solutions has been delivering SOA training and mentoring since 2003. Moving well beyond theoretical discussions of SOA, Web Age Solutions have a deep library of practical SOA curriculum backed by hands-on experience.

Composite Software to Exhibit at SYS-CON's Virtualization Conference & Expo

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EDT

Composite Software provides a virtual approach to data integration. Hundreds of enterprises including five of the top six U.S. investment banks as well several Government agencies, such as the Office of Secretary of Defense and Intelligence, and software vendors including Cognos, Informatica and BMC, rely on the Composite Information Server to virtualize, abstract and federate data from multiple, disparate sources and deliver this real-time information to their applications. Composite Software’s technology fulfills real-time information requirements, enabling enterprises to respond faster to business requests, reduce their data integration costs, and keep pace with ever-changing business needs. Founded in 2002, Composite Software is a privately held, venture-funded corporation based in Silicon Valley.

SOA World Expo - Active Endpoints Announces ActiveVOS 6.0

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:15:00 EDT

Active Endpoints announced the general availability of ActiveVOS 6.0, an all-in-one, standards-based orchestration and business process management system that permits Java developers, business analysts, and enterprise architects to automate business processes, collaborate across IT and business boundaries, control the overall state of the business and adapt rapidly and easily to changes in the business that require new or updated applications.

Progress Software Prepares Enterprises for Event-Driven SOA Business

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:00:00 EDT

Progress Software is advising enterprises on how to keep up with the increasing velocity of business without getting left behind. For example, the standard for trade to settlement time in the financial services sector has changed from T+3 (i.e. trade date plus three days) to T+0 (i.e. trade date plus zero days) in just a few years.

SOA World Expo - SOA Software Announces Record Growth

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:00:00 EDT

SOA Software announced that the number of transactions processed by its systems each month grew by 400%, to over 2.5 billion transactions a month. The growth was due to the expansion of existing production systems and the deployment into production of new SOA Governance systems. SOA Software attributes this growth in production usage to the expansion of the market driving demand for SOA Governance solutions.

Oracle Buys ClearApp for SOA Management

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:30:00 EDT

Oracle has agreed to acquire ClearApp, a supplier of application management solutions for composite applications. ClearApp addresses the increasingly difficult task of managing composite applications built on SOA platforms by providing visibility of business services across all related application components.

SYS-CON's 14th International SOA World Conference & Expo: Round-Up of Themes & Topics

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:15:00 EDT

From CEP and Composable Services to Real-Time SOA Systems and SOA For Parallel Computing, this is a round-up of the many themes and topic of interest to architects, developers and managers featuring at the 14th International SOA World Conference & Expo being held November 19-21, 2008 at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California.

Who is Technology's Highest Paid CEO?

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:35:00 EDT

Technology's highest paid CEO currently is also America's highest paid CEO, namely Larry Ellison of Oracle - who with a fiscal 2008 pay package of $84.6M is the top earner at any of the Standard & Poor's 500 companies. Noting that annual pay totals are "based on salary, bonuses, incentives and perks," the Associated Press reports that Ellison's pay in 2008 was 38% higher than the $61.2M pay package he received in 2007.

Chordiant and IBM's SOA Solutions Help Global Brands

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:02:00 EDT

Chordiant and IBM announced an extended partnership to deliver Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)-based solutions to help global brands with high-volumes of customer interactions better meet consumer needs and improve customer relationships.

OpenSpan Achieves Sixth Consecutive Quarter of Record Revenue Growth

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:23:00 EDT

OpenSpan announced record revenue for the sixth consecutive quarter. In addition, the company announced that revenues in the first half of 2008 exceeded those for all of 2007 and were fueled by several million dollar-plus deals that progressed from successful proof-of-concept and pilot projects to full production deployments. The record OpenSpan revenues were generated from a growing installed customer base as well as from more than a dozen new customers in the contact center, financial services, telecommunications and high tech markets.

Eloqua Delivers An Open Web Services Application Programming Interface for Marketing Automation

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:13:00 EDT

Eloqua announced the Eloqua Web Services Application Programming Interface (API), a Web Services API for marketing automation. This release further extends the flexibility, functionality and ease-of-use of Eloqua’s demand generation applications. Using the Eloqua Web Services API, organizations can now integrate any application, service or non-standard Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system with their Eloqua solution. This functionality complements Eloqua’s long-standing and seamless integration with leading CRM systems, including Salesforce.com, Siebel On-Demand and Microsoft CRM.

ActiveVOS Selected to Help Develop FBI’s NGI System

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:39:00 EDT

Active Endpoints announced that ActiveVOS is the orchestration software selected to develop and maintain the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Next Generation Identification (NGI) System. The NGI System is a multi-modal, state-of–the-art biometrics system for use by state, local and federal authorities. The ten-year, $1 billion contract was awarded to Lockheed Martin, who will provide large systems development and integration expertise.

Virtualization Company CA Wily Surpasses 1,000 Customer Mark

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:00:00 EDT

CA announced that its CA Wily Technology division has surpassed 1,000 customers. Since being acquired by CA in March 2006, the application performance management (APM) solution provider has nearly doubled its customer base, adding more than 500 new customers and completing over 900 new transactions.

Investments in SOA Governance Set to Rise in APAC

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:30:00 EDT

Corporate investments in Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) governance are expected to rise sharply across the Asia-Pacific region, particularly among organizations with one or more SOA project deployments, according to the latest report from Springboard Research, an innovator in the IT market research industry. As per Springboard's report "SOA Governance in Asia Pacific", awareness of the importance of SOA governance is increasing sharply across Asia-Pacific, as most companies in the region that have implemented SOA have also instituted governance mechanisms at some point during the SOA project."

Avineon to Use SOA in Dept Defense Contract

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:30:00 EDT

Avineon has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II contract by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). Under the contract, which is a continuation of its Phase I work, Avineon will continue transforming NAVSEA's existing Afloat Master Planning System (AMPS) into a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) to support the Navy's Strike Force Interoperability (SFI) initiative.

SOA Web-based Application, ProcessMaker, Will Be Available On the Intel Business Exchange

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:15:00 EDT

Colosa announced that its flagship solution, ProcessMaker, is one of the first applications to achieve certification through the Intel Certified Solutions Program and will be available on the Intel Business Exchange. The Intel Business Exchange is an online marketplace for small and medium businesses to search for and buy software specifically geared towards their special needs.

New IBM Software Expands SOA Infosphere

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:30:00 EDT

IBM has introduced new versions of two software products, part of its growing InfoSphere portfolio, that deliver information on demand to the people, processes and applications that rely on it. The new products help customers create and manage trusted information from across their enterprises to improve business performance. IBM is introducing a new version of its IBM master data management software. The company is also releasing a new version of IBM InfoSphere Information Server, which allows customers to standardize and resolve multicultural name data.

SOA Consortium Releases New Podcast from K. Scott Morrison, Layer 7 Technologies

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:30:00 EDT

The SOA Consortium announced the availability of a podcast and slide deck of the presentation by K. Scott Morrison, VP of Engineering and Chief Architect at Layer 7 Technologies, on "How to Fail at SOA," recorded at the SOA Consortium meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in June. Calling on Layer 7 Technologies' six years of experience Scott warned meeting attendees about repeated patterns of bad practices, pitfalls and bad decisions.

New Book from Packt: Build Powerful Java Apps using SOA

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:30:00 EDT

Services-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a software architecture where functionality is grouped around business processes and packaged as interoperable services. SOA also describes IT infrastructure which allows different applications to exchange data with one another as they participate in business processes. Through this book, users will learn when SOA is the best choice for their web services-based applications and also to design and implement a sound architecture for successful implementation of any business solution.

North Shore Credit Union to Implement Software Conversion with AMB SOA Solution

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:00:00 EDT

AMB has been chosen by North Shore Credit Union as their data quality provider to cleanse their old system data as part of their data governance program. The tight integration with ETL tools and the availability of integrated SOA components and tools usable by their stakeholders was a key differentiator for choosing AMB.

Toyota Motor Europe Selects Active Endpoints to Develop Their SOA Applications

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:30:00 EDT

Active Endpoints announced that Toyota Motor Europe has deployed a sales education application that uses ActiveVOS for user provisioning and access to an education application. The new services-based application utilizes ActiveVOS capabilities including rapid development and deployment, integrated testing and support of industry-standards like the Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) to ensure all field personnel have quick and easy access to their internal learning management system. Toyota Motor Europe is based in Brussels, Belgium.

McCamish Deploys Progress Sonic ESB Platform to Create A SOA

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:30:00 EDT

Progress Software announced that McCamish Systems has deployed the Progress Sonic ESB platform to create a service oriented architecture (SOA) that will help them provide integrated services to their BPO clients. As a result of the ESB, McCamish can reduce the complexity of integration to their client's corporate web sites by exposing standard web services.