http://virtualization.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from SOA World Magazine News Desk Copyright 2008 VIRTUALIZATION JOURNAL Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:19:00 GMT VIRTUALIZATION JOURNAL 10 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/599095.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/599095.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:30:00 GMT Elixir Technology provides Integrated Business Intelligence with Elixir Repertoire - a product for Dashboard, Reporting, Data ETL and Scheduling. Supporting 'Web 2.0' with RESTful Web Services architectural approach on SOA, Elixir Repertoire aims to power the new generation enterprise applications with Business Intelligence that is simplified yet powerful, feature-rich yet affordable. With over 600 customers across 50 countries already using its enterprise reporting feature, Elixir Repertoire completes the entire Business Intelligence cycle to realize the full return of investment. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/599096.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/599096.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:00 GMT Legacy systems typically contain the most critical information in an enterprise, and many organizations have more than one type of legacy platform. LegaSuite Integration is a middleware tool to simplify and accelerate integration of all types legacy data, business logic and screens with Web applications and SOA tools such as ESB and BPM suites. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/603159.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/603159.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:00 GMT AmberPoint announced a new program to recruit and support leading systems integrators. The AmberPoint Systems Integrator Alliance Program provides the tools systems integrators need in order to implement reliable and manageable SOA-enabled systems with AmberPoint's runtime SOA governance solutions. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/603160.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/603160.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:00 GMT MEGA International announced that Cox Enterprises is using the MEGA Modeling Suite for its enterprise architecture and business process modeling program. Cox Enterprises is a media company with more than 80,000 employees in 300 companies. Major operating subsidiaries include Cox Communications, Cox Newspapers, Cox Television, Cox Radio, and Cox Auto Trader. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/600206.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/600206.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:30:00 GMT LISA Virtualize (formerly LISA Virtual Service Environment) allows teams to decouple themselves from dependency on live or unfinished systems and components throughout the lifecycle of building and testing SOA applications. LISA Virtualize models the expected functionality of any Service within SOA applications, whether that is a Web Service (WSDL), an integration layer such as an ESB, or an implementation layer such as an EJB, mainframe or database, and represents that Service virtually, with a high level of dynamic input and output capabilities and performance characteristics that simulate the real-world behaviors of complex systems. A Virtual Environment instance in LISA saves the team more than 90% of the cost of producing a replicated environment by other means, and allows teams to work in parallel instead of being constrained by each other's lifecycles, which increases agility and quality. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/600708.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/600708.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT Progress Software has acquired Mindreef, a provider of SOA service validation and testing tools. Mindreef will be fully integrated into Progress Software, and will adopt the Progress Software company name. Progress expects to retain most Mindreef product names, however, this will be reviewed over the months following the acquisition. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/603184.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/603184.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT Ivory Service Architect is the centerpiece of the Ivory mainframe SOA solution, instantly turning mainframe developers into service developers for rapid mainframe SOA development. With Ivory Service Architect, developers can create and publish Web services, developing right-sized composite business services from existing mainframe assets with little or no training, and no consulting required. Ivory Service Architect consists of: Ivory Studio - graphical modeling environment; and Ivory Server - high performance SOAP processor with runtime service orchestration & WSDL repository. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/602100.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/602100.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:30:00 GMT MuleSource announced general availability of Mule Galaxy Enterprise, a new production-ready solution for storing and managing SOA artifacts offering new enterprise-class features such as clustering for high availability, an extensible query engine, and more. Mule Galaxy Enterprise, the open source SOA governance platform with integrated registry and repository, builds on the success of the Mule Galaxy Community Edition, released in January 2008. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/603227.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/603227.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:30:00 GMT FusionVm SaaS from Critical Watch enables organizations to reduce risk and sustain compliance by automating Vulnerability Management and Security Configuration Policy Compliance through an on-demand service. Using this subscription-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), you log into a secure Web portal and profile your asset inventory, set risk and configuration policies, view a variety of risk and compliance reports and track remediation progress. Easily deployable, FusionVM SaaS allows you to begin the risk and compliance management process with minimal effort. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/604445.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/604445.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:45:00 GMT SOA Software is a company that offers a complete Integrated SOA Governance Automation solution addressing SOA security and management together with Legacy and B2B Web services requirements. SOA Software?s Repository Manager, Policy Manager, and Service Manager combine to form a comprehensive Integrated SOA Governance Automation solution, with SOLA providing a governable Mainframe SOA platform. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/601954.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/601954.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:00:00 GMT Methodologies Corporation announced the release of SOMF version 1.1. The advanced edition is based on recent book publication entitled 'Service-Oriented Modeling: Service Analysis, Design, and Architecture', written by Michael Bell and produced by Wiley & Sons Inc. in March, 2008. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/599712.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/599712.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:30:00 GMT ParAccel and Pentaho announced a partnership to deliver a high performance, integrated database platform and BI environment for analytic applications. The integration of the ParAccel Analytic Database and Pentaho's comprehensive BI suite will provide organizations with a cost-effective, end-to-end solution for analyzing and reporting on business-critical information at record-breaking speeds, leading to faster and more optimized decision-making. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/599182.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/599182.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT AccuRev and Rally announced a technology partnership that will integrate AccuRev software change and configuration management (SCCM) with Rally's Agile lifecycle management solutions. The combined solution will provide a platform to manage multiple Agile processes and ongoing customer feedback, while improving visibility and requirements traceability between defects, issues and tasks and the actual source code changes made to address them. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/599179.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/599179.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:15:00 GMT Progress Software and IONA Technologies have jointly announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Progress Software has agreed to acquire IONA for $4.05 per share in cash. This represents a total equity value of approximately $162 million and approximately $106 million net of cash and marketable securities reported on March 31, 2008. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/599039.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/599039.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:45:00 GMT webMethods BPMS, v.7.1 is a full-feature process design, execution, monitoring and management solution. Using an intuitive, easy-to-use design interface, business analysts and developers can collaboratively model, implement, automate, monitor and improve end-to-end business processes. Key features of webMethods BPMS include patented business activity monitoring (BAM), embedded simulation, advanced human workflow, a comprehensive metadata repository, integrated business rules management and composite application development. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/599093.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/599093.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:45:00 GMT The SecureSpan XML Networking Gateway combines the capabilities of the SecureSpan XML Accelerator, XML Data Screen and XML Firewall and VPN with advanced message routing, mediation, virtualization and SLA features to address generalized Application Oriented Networking (AON) problems. Deployed either as a hardware accelerated appliance or gateway software, the SecureSpan XML Networking Gateway provides SOA and integration architects flexible policy based control for scalable mediating service interactions across message oriented middlewares, protocols, service versions and XML data formats. Through integration with leading registry products, the SecureSpan Networking Gateway can be also be implemented as a high performance runtime policy enforcement point for SOA Governance initiatives. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/598975.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/598975.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT Rational Functional Tester is an automated, functional testing and regression testing tool. It provides testers with automated testing capabilities for functional testing, regression testing, GUI testing and data-driven testing. It provides testers with automated capabilities for data-driven and keyword testing. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/598976.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/598976.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT Progress Sonic ESB 7.5 is the latest version of Progress Software's enterprise service bus (ESB) that enables the integration and flexible re-use of business applications within a service-oriented architecture (SOA). Progress Software customers benefit from the following key characteristics of Sonic ESB: Sonic ESB has an unstoppable messaging backbone that provides continuous availability right out of the box. Sonic ESB allows customers to configure, update and manage their distributed SOA infrastructure from a single console located anywhere on the network. The Sonic ESB lightweight, zero-cost container works in a heterogeneous environment - no application servers are required or embedded. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/598974.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/598974.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:45:00 GMT The IBM SOA Sandbox lets you increase your SOA skills through practical, hands-on experience with the IBM SOA entry points. These SOA entry points -- people, process, information, reuse, and connectivity -- are based upon real customer experiences and provide a simple way to get started with SOA. The SOA Sandbox makes it easy to learn about these entry points by providing a low-risk 'tinker, test, and try' learning environment that's designed for enterprise architects, integration developers, and Web developers, but available to everyone. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/598657.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/598657.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:15:00 GMT WSO2 announced the availability of the open source WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), Version 1.7 to support enterprises' heterogeneous, high-volume service-oriented architecture (SOA) demands. The WSO2 ESB 1.7 offers enhancements to stability, scalability and availability - resulting in incredible scalability and error-free connections for high-volume SOA environments, even on standard hardware. Version 1.7 of the WSO2 ESB now integrates closely with the integrated, full-featured WSO2 Registry 1.1 for true, enterprise-class SOA governance. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/598306.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/598306.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:00:00 GMT Melding a stable enterprise architecture with the right level of technical and organization transparency involves two different perspectives, said Johan Nordin, CIO and member of Volvofinans Executive Leading Group. Nordin presented his session at the 13th International SOA World Conference & Expo, held at the Roosevelt Hotel in NYC. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/598159.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/598159.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT Software AG's Vice President and Deputy CTO Miko Matsumura discussed the boundaries between the Enterprise and the Internet at the SOA World Conference & Expo. He focused on Architectual approaches from the service pattern, process pattern and event pattern to help SOA practitioners understand topics such as Web 2.0, AJAX, SaaS, Social Networks and how they connect with the Enterprise. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/596868.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/596868.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:15:00 GMT WSO2 has today announced the availability of the open source WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), Version 1.7 to support enterprises' heterogeneous, high-volume service-oriented architecture (SOA) demands. The WSO2 ESB 1.7 offers new enhancements to stability and availability - resulting in scalability and error-free connections for high-volume SOA environments, even on standard hardware. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/597097.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/597097.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:00:00 GMT WSO2 has announced the availability of the open source WSO2 Registry, version 1.1. The WSO2 Registry 1.1 adds comprehensive, out-of-the-box, service-oriented architecture (SOA) lifecycle management. Version 1.1 also includes new features for allowing users to encode their own custom governance rules and policies, as well as validation to ensure that services match corporate industry interoperability standards. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/586173.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/586173.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:45:00 GMT In this presentation we will look at some examples of leveraging JBoss product suite in Enterprise Service-Oriented Architecture implementations. We 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. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/596869.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/596869.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT DataDirect Technologies will present 'Frontiers in Data Access: The Coming Wave in Data Services,' at the first-ever DataServices World, co-located with the 13th Annual International SOA World Conference and Expo 2008 East, June 24 at the historic Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/586015.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/586015.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:45:00 GMT Dramatic industry changes - including vendor consolidation, outsourcing and the growth of open source - highlight the need for a better way. When a SOA implementation costs too much, the culprit is often the old-fashioned, proprietary and expensive server or hub-based middleware. A better, distributed approach to SOA infrastructure can help reduce cost and increase the benefit of SOA implementation. This presentation includes an overview of the industry trends driving us toward SOA and explains why traditional middleware systems do not meet modern requirements as well as a distributed approach to SOA infrastructure. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/595083.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/595083.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:30:00 GMT Senior technical executives at WSO2, the open source SOA company, will be featured speakers at the 13th Annual SOA World Conference & Expo East, where they will discuss service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance and the role of SOA in a more flexible enterprise. A silver sponsor of SOA World, WSO2 also will demonstrate two new SOA product releases being launched in conjunction with the show. SOA World is being held June 23-24, 2008 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York, NY. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/595687.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/595687.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT ActiveVOS is a complete, integrated, standards-based visual orchestration system. With ActiveVOS, your project teams and individual developers working in a web services environment can create SOA applications in ways never before possible. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/586016.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/586016.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:00:00 GMT 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. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/591595.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/591595.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:00:00 GMT Atos Origin and Cordys have signed a worldwide alliance to jointly offer innovative state-of-the-art BPM solutions. The companies will collaborate on the implementation of joint market offerings; using the Cordys Business Process Management Suite (BPMS), in conjunction with a range of consulting, systems integration, application management and managed operation services from Atos Origin. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/585939.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/585939.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:30:00 GMT This session will illustrate how service-orientation brings about the ability for organizations to see changes in business processes reflected quickly in their business systems by discussing real-world applications of SOA as applied to supply-chain management. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/587431.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/587431.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:15:00 GMT Managed Methods develops and sells versatile and cost-effective solutions products for monitoring Web services and managing service-oriented architectures. Their focus is providing practical tools that enable visibility and management of Web services operations in the production environment. As an organization, Managed Methods offers the following value: IT Operations Monitoring Experience, Focus on Product Flexibility and Value, Customization, Customer-driven and Flexible Licensing. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/594706.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/594706.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:15:00 GMT TIBCO iProcess Suite is a suite of application modules built on an open architecture that is designed to provide a complete end-to-end process management solution. It allows organizations to create an IT infrastructure that is based on their business process - their way of doing business. By separating the application logic away from the process layer, it allows the creation of a layer that provides a process abstraction, and removes the processes from the control of applications. This 'process abstraction' layer, the independent process layer, is the key to process flexibility and agility. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/585888.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/585888.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:00 GMT Exploring the boundaries between the Enterprise and the Internet, this talk focuses on Architectural approaches from the service pattern, process pattern and event pattern to help SOA practitioners understand topics such as Web 2.0, AJAX, SaaS, Social Networks and how they connect with the Enterprise. The emerging patterns of architecture can enable the savvy architect to empower their IT to embrace an accelerating vision of the network economy. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/585889.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/585889.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:00 GMT The success of SOA runs two ways. SOA serves as the catalyst for organizational change, yet an organization must be ready to embrace these new dimensions opened up by SOA. The latest survey data shows most organizations are just starting on their SOA journeys. Why do enterprises set out to build a Service Oriented Architecture, but end up with a 'Service Averse Architecture'? There are many promises being made about the potential of SOA these days, followed by disillusionment as these promises don't pan out. However, SOA is more than a single IT project or even a series of implementations. Rather, SOA represents a long-term change in thinking and management of all aspects of the enterprise. SOA not only decomposes technology into loosely coupled systems, but also decomposes organizations into 'loosely coupled businesses.' This session will look at the latest survey data on ways organizations are embracing service oriented architecture, and how far along the road most are from full-functioning SOA. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/588565.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/588565.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:45:00 GMT A panel of experts and executives from organizations that are leading providers and consumers of technology will discuss trends and important technologies for enterprise and Internet computing. The experts will discuss the role of databases and database technology trends that enhance SOA and Web development. The session will also focus on preferred solutions for architecture and middleware to enable applications and services to access data from SQL and other data sources. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/588492.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/588492.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:30:00 GMT Is the system integrators' vision of 'business without borders' becoming a reality? This panel will examine the 3-way coalescence of Business-to-Business, SOA, and Business Process Management in the direction of a more flexible enterprise. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/591368.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/591368.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:30:00 GMT Green Hat's GH Tester is the essential tool for organizations working with SOA platforms from vendors such as IBM, BEA, Sonic, TIBCO, Software AG and Oracle as well as any JMS or SOAP implementation. The creation of automated, repeatable tests is carried out using an intuitive graphical user interface, achieving the power of a custom-written program in a fraction of the time. User-friendly screens allow the display, creation and manipulation of your message catalogue and comprehensive reports detail the test results. These not only provide information on test success or failure, but also on the performance of the application under test. GH Tester's transport agnostic approach allows users with more than one integration technology to standardize on a single automated testing tool, and, the combined SOA and BPM validation capability provides a means of testing all aspects of their SOA projects, including exception handling and manual processes. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/591369.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/591369.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:30:00 GMT Appistry's flagship product, Appistry Enterprise Application Fabric, simplifies the process of developing, deploying and managing highly scalable and reliable applications. With Appistry EAF, data- and CPU-intensive software developed using technologies like Java, Spring, .NET or C/C++ can be easily scaled-out across a virtualized 'grid' of inexpensive servers. As a result, Appistry customers such as FedEx, Northrop Grumman and GeoEye are able to quickly and inexpensively bring new capabilities to market with the agility, scale and reliability demanded by their businesses.