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Friday, September 05, 2008
Altova Ships Entry-Level XML Edit, Validation Tool
Altova, creator of XMLSpy, is shipping an entry-level XML editor. Altova XMLSpy 2008 Standard Edition lets users view, validate and edit XML, DTD, XML Schema, XSLT, and XQuery.
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Online Travel Agency Saves Time, Money with SOA
Vantage Deluxe World Travel has deployed a business-savvy SOA project that makes it easier and less expensive for customers to book vacations. The SOA solution from IBM also cuts costs and saves many man-hours for Vantage IT.
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Brazilian Homebuilder Manages Assets with Lombardi BPM
FIT Residencial, a homebuilder in Brazil, is implementing Lombardi Teamworks BPM software to support two core business processes: real estate evaluation acquisition; and financial, legal and commercial management of land and building assets.
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Office 2.0 Showcases Technologies, Case Studies Sept 3-5
Office 2.0 2008 will showcase how enterprises are new tools for collaboration, mobility, Software as a Service and even ‘could’ computing to improve productivity, innovation and ROI. Office 2.0 happens Sept 3-5 in San Francisco.
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Survey: SOA Governance Spending To Skyrocket in Asia
Enterprise investments in SOA Governance are set to skyrocket across the Asia Pacific region, especially as companies launch multiple SOA projects, says a report from Springboard Research.
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WaveMaker Ships ‘Point-and-Click’ Web 2.0 Tool
WaveMaker is shipping an upgrade to its popular open source development tool that allows devs to build and deploy sleek, snazzy Web 2.0 applications with a handful of mouse clicks – and no coding.
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Savvion Alliance Program To Expand BPM Offerings
Savvion is launching a Business Solutions Alliance Program (BSAP) to help BPM partners lower cost and speed design, develop, integrate and deliver new business-critical BPM applications.
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XAware Upgrades Open Source Data Integration Software
XAware Inc. is shipping an upgrade to its open source data integration software. XAware 5.1 improves the ability to create and manage composite data services for SOA, RIA and Software as a Service apps.
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DataDirect Boosts Mainframe Integration with SOA
DataDirect Technologies, a data connectivity and mainframe integration unit of Progress Software, is using SOA technologies to boost performance for its mainframe integration suite, DataDirect Shadow 7.0. Early benchmarks are in, and results are eye-popping.
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IBM Rolls Out 'Mobile Web 2.0’ Tools and Apps
IBM’s Rational and WebSphere units are shipping tools and features for mobile devices to let devs more easily buiild apps that let co-workers and consumers connect and socialize while on the go, as if they were at their PCs.
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First Oracle/BEA Combo Middleware Offering Ships
Oracle and BEA Systems enterprise users this week got their first glimpse of life-after-BEA as Oracle released its first product effort to combine technologies from Oracle Fusion Middle and BEA’s WebLogic.
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Red Hat, Infogain Team Up for Enterprise JBoss Use
Infogain Corp., a provider of open source products and services, and commercial Linux and middleware provider Red Hat have teamed up to expand JBoss services and supprot for business-critical enterprise use.
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SL Corp. Uses Web 2.0, AJAX for Real-Time Monitors
SL Corp.’s latest version of its RTView real-time monitoring analytics, and visualization software adds Web 2.0 and AJAX for real-time visibility and better performance.
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HP Expands Virtualization, OpenLDAP for Data Centers
HP is expanding open source options for mission-critical data center operations based on Linux, OpenLDAP and popular open virtualization technologies. Features include high-availability clustering, disaster tolerance and data management.
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‘High Performance on Wall Street’ in New York, Sept. 22
On September 22 in New York, the top names in high-performance computing will gather during High Performance on Wall Street. Execs from Microsoft, IBM, HP, Novell, Cisco, Red Hat, and others will discuss how HPC is helping Wall Street with SOA, virtualization, cloud computing and even real-time analytics and business models.
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Quantros Sticks with BEA Weblogic 10 for Web 2.0 Features
One healthcare solution provider says BEA WebLogic 10's support for Web 2.0 is reason enough to stick with BEA for now. Word of Quantros support for BEA follows Oracle’s detailed post-buyout BEA roadmap revealed last month.
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IBM: ILOG Acquisition Benefits Key SOA, BPM Offerings
An IBM exec says its ILOG purcahse will strengthen 3 key areas of its SOA and BPM porfolio -- Business Rules, Optimization and Virtualization. Watch for ILOG's impact in IBM WebSphere, Tivoli and Lotus product lines, IBM says.
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MLB Says Web 2.0 Will Improve Baseball -- On Field and Off
Major League Baseball will be using Web 2.0 technologies from IBM to improve baseball – both on and off the field. MLB execs have plans to use Web 2.0 to help umpires, cut counterfeits, and bolster security for players and fans at all 30 baseball parks.
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HP, Intel and Yahoo Embark on PaaS, ‘Cloud’ Research
HP, Intel Corp. and Yahoo Inc. are working with worldwide government research agencies on a next-gen ‘Open Source’ test bed to advance cloud computing technologies, including Platform as a Service. The project will remove many financial and logistical barriers to multi-partner research.
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Overstock.com Speeds SOA with Oracle's Coherence Data Grid
Famed online retailer Overstock.com is using SOA powered by Oracle Fusion Middleware’s Coherence in-memory data grid to power its popular Web store. The project went from design-to-live in under 2 months.
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DataDirect Identifies Top Benefits for XQuery + SOA
As XQuery language becomes more widely used by corporate IT, a DataDirect Technologies exec outlines ways for how XQuery combines with SOA to better connect disparate data sources and simplify data management.
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Survey: Burton Finds OSGi Adoption Could Skyrocket by 2009
A Burton group survey finds half of respodents are already using OSGi, and that 80% plan to develop OSGi-based systems by 2009. Use cases raange from web apps, rich clients and even mobile and embedded apps.
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Methodologies’ SOA Models Fuel IT, Business Collaboration
Methodologies Corp., a SOA modeling company, is shipping an upgrade to its Service-Oriented Modeling Framework (SOMF) adding features to better let business and IT staff collaborate.
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WebLayers Automates SOA, Policy Governance for IBM Jazz
WebLayers automated SOA governance solution now supports IBM Rational’s Team Concert 1.0, based on Big Blue's Jazz collaborative development platform for SOA applications.
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Micro Focus, Veryant Bring SOA Modernization to COBOL
Micro Focus and Veryant are bringing new tools to the troublesome and time-consuming task of how to safely and easily bring COBOL-based business and applications assets into SOA.
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IBM, Aspera Team on SOA Solution for Rich, Digital Media
Aspera Inc., is tying its high-speed file transfer technologies into IBM’s SOA-based Media Hub, expanding production and workflow solutions for digital content providers.
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MuleSource Galaxy Targets Open Source SOA Governance
MuleSource Inc. has taken the next step in Open Source SOA infrastructure with release to general availability of its Mule Galaxy Enterprise, a production-ready offering for SOA Governance, with a focus on storing and managing SOA artifacts.
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AmberPoint Launches SI Program for SOA Governance
AmberPoint Inc. has launched a program aimed directly at recruiting leading systems integrators to its impressive list of SOA and SOA Governance software and solutions partners.
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Software AG's Real-Time Data Interop with Mainframes, Open SQL
Software AG continues its focus on real-time interop with mainframes and Open Systems with the release of two new data-focused products designed to ensure data integrity, data interop, lower operating costs, and improved dev productivity and efficiency.
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Web 2.0 Expo Comes to New York in September
Web 2.0 Expo, an annual gathering for technical and business professionals building next-gen web applications, will be held Sept. 16-19 in the Javits Center in New York. IDN takes an up-close look at the program.
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SOA Governance Key Focus in Oracle’s ‘Post-BEA’ Plans
Oracle Corp. execs this week outlined plans for Oracle Fusion Middleware, driven by integration of BEA Systems’ technologies, partners and ISVs. On tap: SOA Governance suite; expanded BPM and data integration, and lifecycle tools to let IT and business users deploy, manage and update SOA services.
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WSO2 Offers Open Source SOA Lifecycle Management
WSO2, the open source SOA company, is shipping its WSO2 Registry upgrade as Open Source. WSO2 Registry v1.1 adds out-of-the-box, SOA lifecycle management.
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Green Hat Combines BPM, SOA Validation for TIBCO
Green Hat Consulting, a UK-based SOA firm, is offering a test automation product that combines validation for both SOA with BPM (business process management). The SOA-BPM testing suite will be made available first for TIBCO’s iProcess.
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HP’s BTO Adds Change Management, Problem Resolution
HP is shipping new additions to its Business Technology Optimization (BTO) packaged software and SaaS (software as a service) offerings to help IT organizations manage change and resolve problems across business services and applications, and cut risks of downtime.
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IBM Survey: SOA a 'Top Business Priority' in 2008
A survey of some of IBM’s clients has concluded that businesses around the world are moving quickly from merely adopting a service oriented architecture (SOA) strategy -- and are at a stage where they are actively deploying SOA technologies in departments or enterprise-wide.
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Software AG Highlights SOA-Based Teleco Framework
Software AG, recently showcased an SOA-based implementation of support for the TM Forum’s New Generation Operations Systems and Software (NGOSS) model at the TM Forum’s Management World 2008 in Nice, France in mid-May.
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Scripps Networks Uses Mule ESB for Media Asset Management
Scripps Networks has selected the Open Source Mule ESB to provide SOA infrastructure that supports a media asset management system across Internet and CATV assets.
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Lukas Bank, HP Design Core Banking Platform with SOA
One of Poland's fastest growing retail banks is working with Hewlett-Packard to implement a core SOA banking platform. Among the bank’s key business goals are to speed time-to-market for new financial products and to improve payment processing.
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Burton Group’s Catalyst ‘08 Explores SOA Success
The Burton Group’s Catalyst 2008 conference will take a real-world look at vital success factors for SOA. The event, to be held June 23-27 in San Diego, features a “Succeeding with SOA” track that explores ways users are driving SOA investments to reap real payoffs.
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SOA Software, iTKO Team on SOA Governance Lifecycle Tools
SOA Software and iTKO have announced a tool for continuous management and quality assurance across the entire design, development and change lifecycle of SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) applications.
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IBM's WebSphere Smashed Industry SOA benchmark
IBM has announced a breakthrough in the implementation of Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) after a new server smashed a popular industry benchmark for performance by more than 33 percent.
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GoldenSource Tunes Enterprise Data Management Suite for SOA
GoldenSource Corp. a software provider of Enterprise Data Management (EDM) tools for financial and securities institutions has tuned its latest EDM platform for SOA, and released it to general availability.
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Survey: Gartner Says IT Spending Continues to Grow in 2008
IT spending continues to grow despite the weak economy, according to a Gartner Inc. survey of IT executives released at Gartner’s Outsourcing & IT Services Summit 2008 in London. Top-line IT growth is being driven by interest in SOA, SaaS and Web 2.0.
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AmberPoint's SOA Governance Manages Business Transactions
AmberPoint has extended its popular SOA runtime governance software to include capabilities to monitor and manage business transactions flowing across multiple systems – and from code developed in-house or from packaged applications.
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Search Engine Strategies Workshops Now Available Online
Search Engine Strategies is now offering its Search Engine Optimization (SES) workshops online. Presented in conjunction with Market Motive, these in-depth courses offer marketers the opportunity to learn about SEO tools for better ranking, paid search, advanced analytics, and more.
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NetGain Brings Web 2.0 Social Networking to Real Estate
NetGainRealEstate.com has added interactive social tools to its Web site, creating an international income property community. By introducing a Web 2.0 socialization program, NetGain has transformed its Web site into an interactive destination for users in 500 cities worldwide.
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IBM Rational Takes 'Jazz' Collaboration Suite on a Roll
IBM’s Rational Software division unveiled 20 new commercial products based on its Jazz collaboration platform to better enable collaboration among an organization’s employees, partners, suppliers, and customers. The Jazz product and partner rollout took place during IBM’s 2008 Rational Software Development Conference in Orlando, Fla.
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WebLayers Center Modernizes Legacy for SOA Governance
WebLayers Inc. has released an upgrade to its WebLayers Center automated SOA Governance tools, with a focus on helping organizations modernize their legacy applications by taking a more comprehensive approach to SOA Governance as they move to SOA.
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Survey: 30%+ Insurance CIOs Plan Updates to Admin Systems
More than 30% of property and casualty insurers in the U.S. are actively looking to replace and enhance their policy administration systems, according to a survey published by research and advisory firm Novarica.
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SOA Software Acquires LogicLibrary for SOA Lifecycle
SOA Software, an Integrated SOA Governance Automation vendor, has acquired LogicLibrary, a leading SOA Repository and Governance vendor. The combination of the two companies expands the end to end lifecycle approach for SOA Governance.
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Top Insurer Streamlines Top Business Apps with ESB
Farmers Alliance Mutual Insurance Co. will streamline many business critical apps, including billing, policy administration, and claims management, with an SOA powered with Sonic ESB.
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AlphaLogix' Tunes Tasica Reports for IBM Web 2.0 Portal
Alphalogix has released a Tasica Dynamic Reports ‘Portlet Pack’ to work with IBM WebSphere Portal reporting apps, allowing users to pull workflow data from multiple workflows into customized reports or dashboard metrics.
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MobiForms Developer Toolset Links PDA to MySQL DBs
MobiForms 4.05 mobile development tool recently added support for linking wireless PDAs to MySQL databases.
The update now adds MySQL to other popular enterprise databases, including Oracle, Sybase, IBM DB2, SQLite, and even Open Source HSQLDB Notably, MobiForms 4.05 bundles a free copy of HSQLDB for server, standalone or mobile database applications.
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ZSL Debuts Plug–ins for Enterprise Web 2.0
ZSL Inc., an information technology integrator, has released its Enterprise 2.0 Computing Framework built on IBM Websphere sMash and Service Oriented Architecture SOA. The framework allows businesses a virtual Web 2.0 to plugcapability, adding secure social networking services to current legacy assets.
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SOA Software Expands Partner Integration Program
SOA Software, a provider of automated SOA Governance solutions, has quadrupled the number of consulting partners for its integrator program, from 10 to 40.
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HP, EDS Expand SOA Outsourcing
In the wake of HP’s $13.9 billion buyout of EDS, we’re learning a bit more about how HP intends to expand SOA outsourcing options, especially for helping enterprise SOAize their legacy data, applications and pointtopoint integration architectures.
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SAP Offers SOA Governance Tools, Best Practices
SAP has a set of new design tools and Best Practices for SOA Governance, noting that without governance, companies run the risk of investing time and money developing SOA services that are either not reusable or not aligned with the business priorities.
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Cars.com To Upgrade Portal with IBM SOA Offerings
Cars.com, one of the country's leading online portals for automobile buyers will work with IBM over the next few years to use SOA to bring on-demand services to shoppers and advertisers.
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Cognos Acquisition Bears SOA Fruit for IBM
The purchase of Cognos by IBM has produced a number of key jointly-developed SOA offerings for a range of business sectors.
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Open Source Middleware Measures Up
Red Hat’s JBoss Enterprise Middleware solutions have been recognized in two recent analyst reports, putting Open Source options for middleware firmly in the running for enterprise adoption.
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Report: SOA Market To Jump FourFold by 2014
A new report on the surging SOA market predicts that the size of the SOA infrastructure market will grow by more than fourfold over the next six years, to more than $9 billion.
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IBM Launches Cloud Computing Initiative
IBM has expanded the outreach of its cloud computing development efforts with the establishment of a new joint research initiative.
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IBM and SAP Join Forces on SME-Focused Services
IBM and SAP have announced the latest in a long line of collaborative efforts aimed at making life easier for SME businesses, ranging from software, services, storage and hardware.
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IBM's Delfino shows off Apache Tuscany
IBM released details of its Apache Tuscany project - an open source implementation of Service Component Architecture (SCA) - at JavaOne in San Francisco.
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Micro Focus' SOA Express 8.0 Adds IBM CICS Support
Micro Focus has upgraded a popular legacy modernization product to bring mainframe assets to SOA without recoding SOA Express 8.0 adds support for direct deployment into IBM's CICS for both .NET and J2EE environments.
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Aras Brings Open Source PML to SOA for Microsoft Platform
Aras has released Innovator Suite 9.0, the latest upgrade to its open source enterprise Product Lifecycle Management software for Microsoft enterprise software.
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TIBCO ActiveMatrix Supports SCA for SOA
During JavaOne 2008, TIBCO demonstrated its ActiveMatrix Service Grid will sport support for the Service Component Architecture (SCA).
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ParAccel, IBM Ink Pact To Embed InfoSphere
ParAccel, provider of analytics database and tools, will bundle IBM's InfoSphere Change Data Capture with its technologies to provide customers real-time data access in SOA environments.
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IBM targets insurance industry with new SOA-based solutions
IBM has announced two new advances for the insurance industry that are designed to help providers handle core functions more efficiently.
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SOA Expert Warns SOA Not a Hammer for All Nails
Many enterprises working on SOA projects are assuming wrongly that SOA can be applied to every situation that it experiences, one SOA consultant says.
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Parasoft in JavaOne security display
Parasoft has announced that it will be displaying the next generation of application security solutions at the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco later today May 9th.
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HP Storage Targets Data-Intensive Web 2.0
HP has announced details of a new highly scalable storage system designed to simplify the management of multiple petabytes of data at what it calls an "affordable cost".
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SOA "sells itself to businesses"
The processes behind Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) sell themselves to business executives rather than a detailed description of the term, an industry expert has claimed.
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IBM Develop New Partner Scheme SOA
IBM is developing a new Business Partner program in order to expand its support for best practices and skills in enterprise data centers.
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SOA Software certifies Neuron ESB
The Neuron Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) from Neudesic has been certified as a governed service platform by SOA Software, it has been announced.
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OASIS Tunes SOA for Telecoms
Many of the worlds largest players in SOA and telecommunications are joining in an initiave to optimize SOA for telecoms. Member companies include: IBM, Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, Computer Associates, Microsoft, Nortel, Oracle, Progress Software, and Verisign.
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Microsoft hints at Oslo initiative with StockTrader 2.0
Microsoft has released sample applications and tutorials to simplify design and development of SOA composite applications.
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Lockheed Martin Debuts SOA-based Framework
Lockheed Martin brings a strong SOA flavor to its latest supply chain integration offering, the SmartChain 5.0. The framework is aimed at government and business B2B and logistics uses.
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Google Apps proves SaaS is here to stay
The development of applications by Google proved that Software as a Service (SaaS) will last for a number of years, an updated report has concluded.
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Survey: SOA Budgets Average $1.4M in 2007
AMR Research says the average spending on a SOA project hit $1.4 million last year. The figure was released as part of AMR’s “SOA Spending Report: 2007-2008,” which surveyed IT executives in the U.S. Germany and even China.
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HP: Updating SOA Governance Services, Software
HP is kicking off 2008 with a major all-fronts upgrade to SOA Governance software, services and interop capabilities to drive easier and broader end-to-end design and deployment of SOA and SOA Governance.
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IBM: Users Say SOA ’Skills Gap’ Hampers ROI
F1000 execs looking for full value from their SOA investments are hampered by a lack of SOA skills, says an IBM survey of SOA customers. IDN learns how IBM is identifying and filling this ‘SOA Skills Gap’ from IBM's VP SOA & WebSphere Strategy, Channels and Marketing Sandy Carter.
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F1000 Use Cases Share Keys to SOA Governance
HP, IBM, Software AG WebLayers shared top SOA Governance Use Cases at a recent online event, giving attendees a glimpse at the biggest success factors for today’s biggest SOA adopters The Keys to Business-critical SOA: Governance evnt looks at 8 Use Cases discussed during the event, including SOA Governance projects from Thompson Financial, GE Money, NASA, Sprint/Nextel and even inside IBM’s enterprise IT.
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IT Pros: Our SOA Governance ‘Not Sufficient’
More than three-quarters of IT professionals working on SOA projects say their current SOA Governance ‘not sufficient,’ according to an October survey by the SOA Forum. So, how uncomfortable are IT pros about that? Maybe a lot more than you think.
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Electric Cloud: Brings Analytics to Software Mgmt
Electric Cloud continues to focus on pushing the state-of-the-art for software production management. Last week, EC brought in Bill Schmidt from Borland to recruit more EC partners, and last summer the company launched the first analytics for software build and release management. IDN talks with EC execs.
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BEA Improves Legacy Apps Over SOA
BEA Systems launched several new legacy modernization offerings this month, with an eye toward making is quicker and simpler to bring transaction-based apps into an SOA. IDN talks with a BEA exec about the latest Tuxedo products.
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OASIS Bears Down on ‘Last Mile’ SCA Specs
Many top names in SOA -- IBM, BEA, Oracle, Progress Software and others – say it is time to develop a fuller suite of specs for Service Component Architecture (SCA). OASIS is taking up the charge by forming 6 new committees to create test plans, test cases, and scenarios for important last-mile specs. IDN takes a look.
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Nexaweb: Blending the Best of SOA, Web 2.0
Nexaweb Technologies, an innovator in the emerging Enterprise 2.0 space, recently launched a new program for blending Enterprise Web 2.0 and SOA. Called Web2SOA, the program aims to give architects and devs the tools and techniques they need to speed up delivery of cool, reliable, valuable and governable Enterprise Web 2.0 and SOA apps. IDN takes a look with Nexaweb’s Chief Architect
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Sun: Fresh Java, Communities for JavaOne in '07
The Java platform and communities have been for quite a ride the last 12 months: Updates for Java, support for Open Source dynamic scripting, growing mojo for AJAX and Web 2.0 apps -- and even Open Sourcing of Java. As we begin JavaOne 2007, IDN talks to Jean Elliott, Senior Director of Sun’s Java Software Product Marketing, about the new face of Java and its communities.
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VoiceObjects: Phone App Servers for SAP
In a sign that a phone application server may be the next big trend in the enterprise build-outs, SAP is integrating VoiceObjects Technology’s phone server technology into SAP NetWeaver. The move will enable users to use phones to access and update SAP applications. IDN speaks with VoiceObjects CTO about the SAP partnership, and trends for voice and phone apps in the enterprise.
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GT Software: Servicizing for Green Screens
GT Software, a provider of mainframe modernization tools, has upgraded its Ivory Service Architect to enable batch systems to leverage CICS, IMS, and Web services. Ivory Service Architect version 3.3 is an integrated toolset that lets devs rapidly assemble Web services from mainframe assets, and quick let mainframe apps consume external Web services. IDN speaks with a GT exec about the new tools.
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webMethods: SOA Master Class Bridges Skills Gap
SOA architects and devs must bridge an SOA skills gap to benefit from the coming wave of SOA rampups, says webMethods?vice president Miko Matsumura. webMethods (with ZapThink) has created an online SOA Master Class, bringing “SOA Masters?from many disciplines to offer videos, tutorials, patterns, advice and even Web 2.0 blogs for teacher-student exchange. IDN speaks with Matsumura about the SOA gap and the SOA Master Class.
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TSS Java Symposium: F100 Enterprise Mashups
Eugene Ciurana, one of Walmart.com’s most influential platform architects, says F100 IT execs want more business value from IT investment. So, lower ROI tasks will go overseas, and those who can integrate open technologies with legacy will benefit. Ciurana discusses high-value “Enterprise Mashups” between old and new at TheServerSide Java Symposium in Las Vegas Mar. 21-23. IDN gets a preview.
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StrikeIron: Telephone Mashups Meet Web 2.0
StrikeIron Inc. along with Sylantro Systems and O’Reilly Media, has announced winners of the first-ever Telephony Mashup Contest. The event was held at O’Reilly Emerging Telephony Conference (ETel), and showcased how Web 2.0 meets telephony apps for VoiceXML, SIP, VoIP, PBX/IVR. IDN meets the winners, and looks at telephone mashups with a StrikeIron exec.
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uXcomm: Eyes End-to-End SOA Management
uXcomm eyes end-to-end SOA management with its Service-Oriented Management Architecture. SOMA looks to unify SOA management across mobile devices, enterprise apps and legacy resources. SOMA lets device makers, ISVs and enterprise architects easily add management to any server, network element, appliance or storage device. IDN learns more.
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ICEsoft: Bringing Ajax to the Enterprise
ICEsoft Technologies Inc. is taking new steps to bring Ajax to the enterprise. The company has put into Open Source its ICEfaces dev framework, which tightly connects client-side Ajax to J2EE, to Open Source, and launched Web 2.0 dev community for those tools. IDN speaks with Icesoft CTO Steve Maryka to get a pulse on enterprise Web 2.0 apps using Ajax.
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Xignite: Web 2.0, Web Services for Financials
In 2007, Xignite will expand its Web 2.0 data and integration services offerings to the financial community, a tough crowd to please. The company already offers easy-to-integrate real time data services to help with trading, portfolio management, data analytics, and custom Web 2.0 mashups. IDN speaks with Xignite CEO Stephane Dubois.
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DataDirect: Houston, We Have XQuery 1.0
After 8 years of at-times-intense vendor discussions, the W3C has finally adopted XQuery 1.0 (and seven other XML standards). The standards looks to help enterprise IT unify diverse databases, documents, emails and web pages into a single, searchable datastore. But how will XQuery 1.0 change things, and how should IT pro’s treat the news? IDN speaks with W3C XQuery Working Group member DataDirect Technologies’ XML Architect Carlo Innocenti.
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Borland: Lays Down Gauntlet on ALM Tools
Borland has unveiled its Open ALM approach to help IT turn software delivery into a more manageable business process. Borland execs say its Open ALM strategy, and its first-gen product line, dubbed Gauntlet, will let customers re-assert their power over the growing list of closed Application Lifecycle Management tools. IDN talks with Borland VP Marc Brown about the move.
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Inside the F1000’s ESB Success Checklists
ESB experts from IBM, BEA, Sonic Software and Sun reveal top secrets of ESB/SOA success from their F1000 customers. IDN looks at the top items making up the ESB Success Checklist for the F1000s.
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King Says Seam 1.0 Will Unify Java Components
Seam 1.0 creator Gavin King sees his latest project takes on a big problem for Java devs -- how to better build end-to-end web apps that offer state, orchestration and reliability. Seam would cut dev code by at least 30% by unifying the component models for EJB, JSF and other frameworks. IDN speaks with King, father of Hibernate, about his latest project.
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.NET 2.0 Features Ease Internationalization
For most devs, software internationalization is an afterthought. .NET specialist Bill Hall says waiting has drawbacks. Hall lets IDN eavesdrop on one of his client consultations, where he outlines how the latest Microsoft .NET features let devs conduct internationalization right from the start. .NET System.Globalization features are highlighted.
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Real-Time Java Featured at JavaOne
Sun dev product group CTO James Gosling and a group of Sun engineers will be promoting real-time Java at this year’s JavaOne event by hosting a Slot Car Challenge, where Java running in embedded sensors will direct the movement of toy race cars. Gosling puts the message behind the slot car challenge this way: Java is for more than web servers. IDN takes a preview – and a test drive.
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Prepping for JavaOne: The Alumni Interviews
With JavaOne only two weeks away, IDN talked with several key JavaOne alumni, including James Gosling, John Crupi, and execs from IBM, BEA, and other large and small Java-using and Java-watching firms to hear what they are looking for at JavaOne 2006. We also spoke about what they most enjoyed from past shows. Take a tour of once and future JavaOnes with us.
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ALM Expo Explores Apps Lifecycle Trends, Tools
ESBs, SOAs and even traditional next-gen software are all driving IT professionals to get more agile in how they design, build, deploy and maintain their applications. ALM Expo, held May 23-25, is a free online event, will discuss the latest ALM technologies and help devs and CM experts ride the wave of new career opportunities. IDN takes a preview.
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NetBeans Day Previews EJB 3, SOA Tools
On May 15, NetBeans Day will offer devs a unique hands-on preview and progress report on a variety of cutting-edge technologies and programs including EJB 3, SOA, a new wave of refactoring techniques and the popular Matisse UI. IDN spoke with NetBeans’ evangelism team manager Judith Lilienfield to get a no-nonsense preview.
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Artix 4.0 Takes a Bite Our of MOM Costs
Artix 4.0, the ESB upgrade from Iona, takes another step forward in its vision to craft a set of plumbing, framework, and tools to let enterprise IT easily share services end-to-end across multiple platforms -- including J2EE-to-.NET, J2EE app servers, proprietary middlewares and even to the mainframe. IDN looks at the Artix 4.0 upgrade features getting user attention.
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IT Support for Geronimo J2EE Heats Up
Covalent Technologies’ CEO Mark Brewer spoke with IDN about the trends his is seeing in Geronimo adoption and use among larger corporate IT shops. To date, Covalent has some 400 commercial clients using Apache, Tomcat and AXIS throughout their enterprise. It turns out, Geronimo is not just less expensive than commercial J2EE solutions, it is also less complicated. And, users like both.
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Sonic ESB 7.0 Adds SOA Lifecycle Tooling
Sonic Software is preparing to release Sonic ESB 7.0, an Enterprise Service Bus upgrade designed to simplify development, deployment and change management. Sonic’s ESB 7.0 targets these issues by adding an Eclipse-based tools workbench, and approaches to enhance reliability and visibility of SOA projects – in the design phase and live. IDN speaks with Sonic CTO Dan Foody about the upgrades.
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BEA, IBM, Sonic, Sun To Appear at ESB-CON
Event organizers for ESB-CON: Due Diligence Day will bring together ESB leaders BEA Systems, IBM, Sonic Software and Sun Microsystems in a first-of-its-kind online ESB conference March 2. Experts will explore ESB plug-in architectures, product details, real-world use cases, and ways to use ESBs to move to SOA. Get details and register at no cost.
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Sonic Adds SOA Governance To ESB
Sonic Software is raising the bar in ESB capabilities with plans to add business-savvy SOA governance and policy management to Sonic's ESB capabilities. The move follows the $32 million purchase of Actional Corp. by Sonic’s parent Progress Software. IDN talks with Sonic CTO Gordon Van Huizen about how the acquisition will impact architects and developers.
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Microsoft WCF Go Live May Change ESB Game
Last week, Microsoft released the first Go Live versions of Windows Communications Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation. And while Microsoft officials do not want WCF compared directly to an ESB, the technology may be setting the stage as a game-changer for the red-hot ESB sector.
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Cisco, SAP Team Up on AON Integration
Cisco’s push to bring data integration capabilities into a hardware router form-factor has a strong new enterprise software ally. SAP confirmed it will use Cisco’s Application-Oriented Networking (AON) hardware technologies to speed data and business integration later this year, including Business One and NetWeaver software. IDN looks at how hardware just might change the face of integration this year.
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Akira Brings Java Unity to Mobile Devs
Akira Technologies' Publisher 2.0 looks to take a bite out of the complexity of mobile development but cutting hassle of device incompatibility, offering readers that downloads with the content (or app), and crafting a special set of cross-device common Java APIs. IDN takes a look.
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Cape Clear: 2006 ESBs Gain Interop, Tools
In 2006, Enterprise Service Buses will begin playing a much more strategic role in more enterprise integration projects, including SOA, thanks largely to better interoperability between Java and .NET ESBs, as well as better tools. That’s the view of David Clarke, the co-founder of Cape Clear, a leading ESB provider who has committed to donate its XML, WSDL and BPEL tooling technologies for ESB to Eclipse. IDN speaks with Cape Clear’s Clarke for a clearer look at ESBs for SOA in 2006.
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Microsoft, JBoss Co-op To Gain Mo’ in 2006
Microsoft and JBoss will work together on a range of interop projects throughout 2006, with an aim to better tie J2EE and Hibernate in with Windows and .NET platforms. IDN outlines the 2006 Microsoft/JBoss work, which picks up speed in the wake of JBoss’ latest enhancement to JEMS middleware stack, which has a strong focus on enabling J2EE connects to .NET.
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Sonic Suggests ESB Definition to Ease Chaos
The ESB sector is quickly becoming rife with confusion. And, while there is growing consensus among vendors (and end users) than an ESB is supposed to provide a mediation layer between legacy and SOA resources, there are devils in the details. Sonic Software has put its ESB Definition into the marketplace, and execs say the document lays out ESB hallmarks architects and devs should look for.
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Spring Powers LogicBlaze Component-Based ESB
LogicBlaze is bringing the power of the Spring framework to ESBs (Enterprise Service Buses), bringing a wide-open approach to component-based integration for all sorts of legacy and SOA architectures. See how Spring’s ability to let architects and devs design and build Java apps through abstraction could let devs do up-the-stack integration ?for protocols and transports, data, application logic and even business logic.
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Borland: Devs Need Better Biz Visibility in 2006
Borland execs say that software architects and devs need to be better plugged into to the 21rst Century enterprise – and tools and Best Practices will be key. Significant changes in how apps, components and services get built, Borland says, could shift the center of gravity for software professionals. IDN looks at Borland’s latest upgrade to CaliberRM for Microsoft’s Visual Studio VSTS, and peeks at what Borland execs have on their drawing boards for 2006
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Visual Studio 2005 Promotes the Integration Dev
Microsoft this week ships its long-awaited Visual Studio 2005. IDN looks at how the latest IDE takes the next step in bringing the .NET developer into the role of integration developer -- working to unite apps with databases, workflows, security and business rules. IDN looks at how Visual Studio, and its future roadmap, may change how devs think, work and design apps.
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IBM Ships Free Geronimo-Based J2EE for SMB
By mid-November, IBM is slated to ship a Geronimo-based J2EE app server, tuned for departmental IT staff, as well as small- and mid-sized businesses. IBM’s Websphere Application Server – Community Edition, available for free, will bring together Apache’s Geronimo, a Cloudscape database, connectivity drivers for Cloudscape and other DBs, and an enhanced UI. IDN speaks with an IBM exec to get a quick tour of WAS-CE, and learn more about the strategy behind it.
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Oracle Building Hot-Pluggable Middleware
During last month’s Oracle OpenWorld, the database giant unveiled a enhanced roadmap for its Fusion Middleware, including more attention to a 'hot-pluggable' approach to enable more easy installs and custoimzation. See how Oracle's integratble approach to services middleware could change how devs and architects think about linking data and logic across your multi-vendor infrastructure.
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Microsoft VSTA Brings Macros to .NET
During this month’s Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft unveiled Visual Studio Tools for Applications, a new ISV-facing technology that will enable software vendors to build .NET macros into their application. IDN takes a look at how VSTA might change how .NET apps, web services get built and deployed – for end users and ISVs.
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The nation’s CIOs will continue put a big premium on business-savvy IT professionals, says a survey of 90 top CIO/CTO execs released this week. The Society for Information Management (SIM) survey found programmer-only skills were falling in demand, when compared to IT staff with a business and project management background. IDN speaks with the study’s coordinator.
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Marlabs Best Practices for J2EE to .NET Interop
J2EE to .NET interoperability continues to grow as a top priority for IT execs, IDN speaks with Manjunatha Kutarahalli, Vice President Global Delivery for Marlabs, a leading interop services firm, to outline the pros and cons of the most popular approaches, including (1) shared database; (2) runtime bridges; (3) message orientated middleware; (4) integration brokers, and (5) XML-based web services.
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Cisco’s XML-Driven Virtual Data Warehouse
When Cisco rolled out its AON (Application-Oriented Networking), it added a new dimension to enterprise web services. AON will use XML, HTTP and related web services, to turn an existing network into a virtual data warehouse. IDN speaks with Mike Carter, co-founder of CXO Systems, Cisco’s key XML partner for AON, to learn how web services can offer easy-to-access, real-time views of 100s of queries.
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Websphere “Overkill” Keys IBM Geronimo Push
IBM next month offers services for Geronimo, the Open Source J2EE app server. News that IBM will help users with Open Source J2EE comes the same week that Big Blue announced enhancements to its marquis WebsphereMQ J2EE line of software. What goes on? One IBM exec told Integration Developer News, it’s a sign that Websphere is “overkill” for some mid-sized IT shops, and that “all Java is a good thing,” even if not IBM’s.
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ALM Expo Explores Next-Gen Java, .NET Tools
Application lifecycle management is undergoing be changes as governance, compliance and more frequent change management requests flood IT staff. Java and .NET enterprise devs will get an upfront look at the latest ALM tools and roadmaps from Computer Associates, Borland, Forrester Research and others at ALM Expo a unique, and free, online virtual tradeshow in mid-September.
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Demand for Interop Fuels J2EE, Microsoft Unity
Last month’s JavaOne put J2EE/.NET interop in the spotlight like never before, and could well mark a new era in J2EE-Microsoft relations. Sun and Microsoft technical experts stood together on stage to debut co-developed J2EE-to-.NET interop technologies. And, IBM, BEA, Compuware, among others, are also working one-on-one with Microsoft to craft tools, standards and Best Practices for better interop. Take a tour.
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“Missing Piece” for Java Tools Due in August
A new Eclipse plug-in will be released in August that should speed up how Java/J2EE devs can map their applications code to underlying SQL databases. See why the JSR220-ORM project lead says object-relational mapping technologies are the “last missing piece” for getting rid of the pain Java/J2EE devs face when building complex apps.
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Former Sun CTO Sees Flaws in EJB 3, Hibernate
Peter Yared, former CTO for Sun's J2EE app server unit says the newest J2EE technologies – EJB 3.0 and Hibernate – don’t go far enough to solve the pain of today’s devs and architects. See why, as a result, Yared says J2EE may lose out to Open Source LAMP approaches for building more efficient, scalable apps. Yared, after leaving Sun, founded ActiveGrid Inc., which will unveil an Open Source-based “develop-to-deploy” framework later this year.
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Exploring “Fluid” Frontiers for J2EE Apps
California Java researchers are exploring how “rapid prototyping” and "un-refactoring" techniques could help J2EE devs better J2EE updates and integrations. This project, winner of an Eclipse Innovation Award, brings loosely-coupled techniques to tight-coupled J2EE silos – with astonishing results. Take a tour of the "Fluid Architecture" project with lead, William Griswold, Ph.D, professor at University of California – San Diego.
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