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Fiorano Wins ‘Best SOA Tool’ – 2008 SOA World Readers’ Choice Awards

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EDT

Fiorano Software has announced that readers of SOA World Magazine, a leading SYS-CON Media publication, awarded Fiorano "Best SOA Tool" – defeating IBM, Oracle, and Sun – in the SOA World Magazine’s 2008 Annual Readers'Choice Awards. SOA World readers also recognized Fiorano as a finalist in the "Best SOA Platform," "Best Integration Tool," and "Best SOA or XML Site" categories.

Bottomline Introduces Advanced Capabilities for Web 2.0 and SOA

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:00:00 EDT

Bottomline Technologies has expanded support for Web 2.0 and service oriented architecture (SOA) within its WebSeries Global Cash Management platform. Designed to capitalize on the benefits of SOA and Web 2.0, WebSeries provides banks and financial institutions with the flexibility required to take greater ownership of the end user experience. By leveraging Bottomline’s SOA-enabled building blocks, banks can construct a highly-interactive user experience utilizing state-of-the-art AJAX controls. At the same time, banks with existing front-end user interfaces can significantly enhance the user experience by ‘calling’ Bottomline’s Web services to support business rules, transaction processing and information queries. Through either approach, banks can continue to dictate the specific elements of functionality for client-facing solutions.

Jaspersoft to Support Web-Based Charity Programs

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:01:00 EDT

Jaspersoft's open source BI software enables a level of customization not available from traditional vendors, which played a significant role in Virgin Money Giving's decision to deploy Jaspersoft. Additionally, the organization wanted reporting to be an integral part of the online portal and web service. Jaspersoft is easily embedded into any environment and in this implementation, allows multiple charities to use the Virgin Money Giving service while accessing only their own data.

Linux Developers Get Boost with LINA 1.0 Software

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:22:00 EDT

LINA is enterprise-ready Open Source software that enables Linux applications to run with native look and feel on all major operating systems, including Windows, Mac, and Linux. The LINA 1.0 beta version was released under the GNU General Public License, version 2. The major features of this release include:

SOA World Magazine "Readers' Choice Awards" Voting Is Now Open

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON's SOA World Magazine announced today that the 2009 voting in its annual SOA World Magazine Readers' Choice Awards is now open. Voting will end October 23, 2009, and winners will be announced the week of November 2-4, 2009, at the "SOA in the Cloud" track at the 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo. To vote for your favorite SOA products and services today - don't put it off, voting takes just a few seconds.

Joost Files Motion Against Michelangelo Volpi and Index Ventures Management,

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:52:00 EDT

The Motion for Preliminary Injunction asks the Court to enjoin Index and Volpi from using any of Joost's and Joltid's confidential information regarding (among other things) the Global Index Software, the technology developed and owned by Joltid that provides the peer-to-peer capability embedded in the Skype program. The Motion also asks the Court to enjoin the defendants from: (i) using the confidential information in connection with the operation or strategic planning of Skype; (ii) communicating such information to other parties in the "Buyout Group" that has made a bid to acquire Skype from eBay Inc.; (iii) soliciting employees of Joost and Joltid with offers to join Skype; (iv) having communications with current or former employees of Joost or Joltid regarding the companies' confidential information; and (v) further participating in the Skype acquisition or assuming any position with Skype until a final adjudication of the merits of the case.

Rackspace Launches NoMoreServers.com

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:00:00 EDT

Rackspace Hosting announced the launch of NoMoreServers.com, a site dedicated to the emergence of Computing-as-a-Service models (like hosting, cloud computing and SaaS) to power corporate computing. To support this campaign, the company has hired renowned hosting industry strategist Andrew Schroepfer. In his role, Schroepfer will cover the trend in depth from how providers are evolving to how real businesses are making this trend pay off.

Progress DataDirect and Mainline Information Systems Partner

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:15:00 EDT

Progress DataDirect, the data-infrastructure division of Progress Software Corporation, has announced it has entered into a strategic partnership withMainline Information Systems, a provider of IBM servers, storage and software solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Mainline will offer the industry-leading mainframe integration middleware, Progress DataDirect Shadow to its customers looking for cost-effective mainframe modernization through SOA enablement and legacy-data integration.

QuickBooks 2010 Help Small Businesses be Profitable

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:00:00 EDT

QuickBooks 2010 for Mac gives small business owners powerful new tools to help them be more productive and profitable with the simplicity they expect from a Mac product. Available in late October, QuickBooks 2010 for Mac, from Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq:INTU), helps business owners save time, make money and get paid.

OpTier Sets Standard for End User Experience Monitoring

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:00:00 EDT

OpTier has launched OpTier Experience Manager, a product that measures the volume, performance, service levels and availability of all business transactions, alerts IT in real time to developing issues and provides ongoing reporting and analysis of the user experience. With a real time view of the IT environment, organizations can ensure that the level of service delivered to the business is meeting expectations.

Trend Micro Endorses New 'Live Testing' Methodology Program

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:00:00 EDT

In a group test of industry-leading consumer and corporate security products' effectiveness against socially engineered malware, Trend Micro scored the best, proving again that the cloud-client layered-protection approach powered by the Trend Micro(TM) Smart Protection Network(TM) infrastructure out-performs competing solutions and provides the best possible malware protection available. The non-commissioned tests were independently conducted by NSS labs - no vendor sponsorship was involved.

TIBCO Software Reports Q3 GAAP EPS of $0.09, Non-GAAP EPS of $0.13

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:10:00 EDT

TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) today announced results for its third fiscal quarter, which ended on August 30, 2009.

IDC Survey Reveals Increased Investments in Mainframe Hardware & Software

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:00:00 EDT

Mired in a storm of economic uncertainty, plans for increased investments in mainframe hardware and software represent a ray of light for enterprise data center managers who plan to leverage their existing mainframe deployments. According to a new, comprehensive IDC survey of 300 end users, nearly one-half of respondents indicated they plan to increase annual spending on mainframe hardware and software.

SYS-CON White Paper: SFA Buyer's Guide

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:30:00 EDT

The right SFA solution can be an enormous benefit to your company's sales reps, as it can help them automate operations, eliminate errors, and forecast revenues. But, as is the case with any technology, you need to consider several important factors to make sure you end up with a solution that fits your organization's needs. Inside CRM's SFA Buyer's Guide has all the advice you need to make a winning decision.

The JBoss SOA Assessment Tool: Spend Less, Do More

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:30:00 EDT

SOA does not have to be overly complex or expensive. This white paper shows you how the JBoss SOA Assessment Tool can help you chart a course to a successful SOA implementation. And the broad portfolio of JBoss Enterprise Middleware can help you get there, with fully supported platforms for service development and deployment, content aggregation and presentation, rules management data integration, and service integration and orchestration integration.

SOA World Magazine "Readers' Choice Awards" Nominations Close Sept 4

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:30:00 EDT

SYS-CON’s SOA World Magazine announced today that nominations will close on September 4 for the SOA World Magazine Readers' Choice Awards. These awards recognize excellence in the software, solutions, or services provided by the industry's top vendors. Voting will begin on September 7 and end October 23, 2009. Winners will be announced the week of November 2-4, 2009. To nominate your favorite products and services today, visit this site.

SOA World Magazine’s 8th Annual "Readers' Choice Awards" Nominations Open

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:45:00 EDT

SYS-CON’s SOA World Magazine announced today that nominations are now open for the SOA World Magazine Readers' Choice Awards, which recognize excellence in the software, solutions, or services provided by the industry's top vendors. SYS-CON's Readers' Choice Awards, also known as the "Oscars of the Software Industry," has been one of the most prestigious industry award programs for more than a decade.

The Open Group Advances Adoption of SOA and Cloud Computing

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:00:00 EDT

The Open Group, a vendor- and technology-neutral consortium focused on open standards and global interoperability within and between enterprises, today announced the availability of two new industry standards: the Open Group Service Integration Maturity Model (OSIMM) and SOA Governance Framework. OSIMM will provide an industry recognized maturity model for advancing the continuing adoption of SOA and Cloud Computing within and across businesses. The SOA Governance Framework is a free guide for organizations to apply proven governance standards that will accelerate service-oriented architecture success rates.

Five-Minute IT Outsourcing Survey – Win an iPhone 3GS!

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:00:00 EDT

Are you a C-level IT executive or IT decision maker? Take this brief eight-question multiple choice survey on IT Outsourcing and you’ll receive a one in 50 chance of winning a new iPhone 3GS! You’ll also be among the first to receive the compelling survey results, offering insight into top C-level executives’ vision for IT Outsourcing.

CA Adds Mainframe 2.0, Eclipse Support to Application Testing Tools

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:50:00 EDT

CA has continued to deliver on its Mainframe 2.0 initiative with new releases of its application testing tools that modernize mainframe ownership and ease the transfer of management tasks to a new generation of IT professionals. In addition to leveraging CA's Mainframe 2.0 technology, CA's testing and debugging tools, CA InterTest(TM) Batch and CA InterTest(TM) for CICS, now feature a graphical user interface (GUI) based on the Eclipse(TM) Platform-making it easier for experienced and novice mainframe staff alike to execute core testing, and debugging tasks. These tasks historically have been time-consuming phases of the mainframe application development and deployment lifecycle.

Progress DataDirect Launches Summer School Program for Software Developers

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Progress DataDirect, the data infrastructure division of Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) and provider of premium, vendor-independent, data access and integration technologies for any data source, platform or operating environment, today announced the Data Integration Summer School program. The free, self-paced, online classroom experience offers software architects powerful resources to design strategic and tactical integration applications and provides a jump start for developers using the Progress® DataDirect® Data Integration Suite within the enterprise.

CA Presents SOA Performance Management on SYS-CON.TV

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:45:00 EDT

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) offers customers powerful capabilities to create dynamic service-based business processes, increasing development flexibility and reducing development cost. The downside of this flexibility is increased application distribution and management complexity. In this session at SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East, CA Wily Technology’s Janelle Shaw offered a purpose-built performance management solution for SOA environments that would help customers tame SOA complexity and quickly solve distributed transaction problems before they impact customer experience.

Denodo Technologies Presents Data Mashups on SYS-CON.TV

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:00:00 EDT

Most business problems today – customer interactions, BI, compliance, marketing – require access to internal, external, structured and unstructured information. Yet SOA initiatives based on traditional technologies have narrow scope or lack flexibility to solve business needs quickly. Data Mashups is a holistic approach to data integration that delivers virtualized or batch access to internal and external information as Data Services.

Intel’s Session on the Evolving SOA Appliance at SOA World Conference

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:30:00 EDT

During the last several years, SOA hardware appliances have emerged as a popular way to deliver XML acceleration and web service gateway security. However, recent data center virtualization, multi-core optimization, and application portfolio reorganization trends are forcing a shift to the flexibility of software appliances. In addition, appliance feature improvements are enabling a leap forward into a broader range of usage models.

Software AG Presents the Secret to Advancing SOA on SYS-CON.TV

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:30:00 EDT

In today’s business world, measuring your success is a must, especially in our current economic climate. It’s something we do as individuals, teams, and companies. But, with the drive to advance SOA, tying Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to your SOA strategy can get lost in the complexity and rush to move your projects forward.

Introduction to Sun GlassFish Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:15:00 EDT

Sun GlassFish Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) is a lightweight and agile ESB platform that packages the innovation happening with Project Open ESB, the GlassFish application server, and the NetBeans IDE into a commercially supported, enterprise-class platform. Those who are developing applications and services that are planned to go into production or require support should leverage GlassFish ESB. This video introduces you to GlassFish ESB and demonstrates how easy it is to design, build, implement and deploy services with GlassFish ESB.

Oracle Unveils Oracle SOA Suite 11g

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:00:00 EDT

Oracle has announced the general availability of Oracle Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Suite 11g, which helps customers and partners to lower costs, improve efficiencies and increase visibility into their businesses and operations. This next-generation business application infrastructure makes today's enterprises agile and adaptable through its modular and flexible architecture.

IBM & Cloud Computing: How "SOA in the Cloud" Can Produce Real Change

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:00:00 EDT

“SOA serves as the foundation for the move into the cloud,” stated Dr. Kareem Yusuf, Director Product Management, WebSphere Software, IBM in his keynote at SOA World Conference & Expo in NYC Tuesday. “What are the characteristics of the cloud?” Dr Yusuf then asked. Shared infrastructure, self-service capabilities, and the fact that it will be virtualized are several that he mentioned. He also noted that two things stand out about the cloud – self-service access and management, and elastic scaling.

SYS-CON White Paper: Buyer's Guide: Managed Hosting Services

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:30:00 EDT

Do you know what to ask before you buy? This step-by-step guide includes important decision-making considerations such as features, benefits and costs across some of the top managed hosting solution providers and vendors. Get industry insight on: Managed hosting market overview, Vendor services and features, Pricing and costs, and "What To Ask Before You Buy" checklist.

CA Presents at "SOA in the Cloud Expo" in New York City

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:45:00 EDT

"Application Performance Management enables you to prioritize your problem list." So stated Janelle Shaw, Principal Consultant for Application Performance Management solutions at CA Wily Technology, at the 15th International SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East held June 22-23, 2009, in New York.

Intel Inside Nearly Eighty Percent of the World’s Fastest Supercomputers

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:04:00 EDT

More supercomputers than ever are using Intel Corporation processors, according to the latest TOP500 list. The high performance computing (HPC) community is especially enthusiastic about the Intel® Xeon® 5500 processor series. Launched only 3 months ago these chips are already driving the research and analytical capabilities of 33 systems on the list.

"SOA in the Cloud Expo" 2009 New York Photo Album

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON's SOA World Conference & Expo, colocated with AJAXWorld RIA Conference & Expo, held on June 22-23, 2009, in New York City, featured parallel content-rich tracks reflecting the worldwide adoption of the distributed computing paradigm, in which web services are deployed through specific service-oriented architectures.

Secret to Advancing "SOA in the Cloud"

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:30:00 EDT

At the 15th International SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East, which opened Monday in New York City, Sean Valcamp discussed how in today’s business world, measuring your success is a must especially in our current economic climate. It’s something we do as individuals, teams, and companies. But, with the drive to advance SOA, tying Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to your SOA strategy can get lost in the complexity and rush to move your projects forward.

SOA & Cloud Bootcamp at SOA World in New York City

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:00:00 EDT

SOA and cloud computing go hand-in-hand, since cloud computing is in essence merely the ability to leverage new platforms and resources that you don't happen to own. At SYS-CON's SOA & Cloud Bootcamp tomorrow, software industry entrepreneur and Bootcamp Instructor Alan Williamson will explore further these linked approaches.

SOA & Cloud Computing To Intersect This Week at SOA World

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:45:00 EDT

Federal IT organizations across the DoD and IC are facing costly data storage and data processing challenges stemming from the vast amount of information they collect and analyze as a part of their mission. To effectively organize and utilize these growing information stores, enterprise applications must be capable of performing large-scale, data-intensive processing. Federal enterprise infrastructures supporting such applications are often inadequate to address these challenges, and IT organizations incur lost time and greater costs trying to scale resources to meet storage and computing demand.

Layer 7 Technologies to Present at SOA World Conference in NYC

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that K. Scott Morrison, Chief Architect of Layer 7 Technologies, will be presenting at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East (www.soaworld2009.com) June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. His session will be entitled “How to Fail at SOA." K. Scott Morrison is the Chief Architect at Layer 7 Technologies, where he works to scale, simplify and secure Web applications. He has extensive IT and scientific experience in a number of industries, was previously Director of Technology at Infowave Software, and has also held senior architect positions at IBM.

Intel Named “Gold Sponsor” of SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Intel was named "Gold Sponsor" of the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East. The 15th International SOA World Conference will take place June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. Intel’s SOA Products Group offers SOA Expressway – a soft appliance deployed to address common XML and SOA problems such as acceleration, security, service mediation and service governance.

CA Named “Gold Sponsor” of SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:30:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that CA was named "Gold Sponsor" of the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East. The 15th International SOA World Conference will take place June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. CA is the world's leading independent information technology (IT) management software company. We help companies manage IT to better perform, compete, innovate and grow their businesses. With our Enterprise IT Management (EITM) vision and technology, customers can unify IT and simplify the management of complex computing environments.

OPNET Technologies To Exhibit at SOA World Conference & Expo in NYC

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that OPNET Technologies to exhibit at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East. The 15th International SOA World Conference, colocated with AJAX World RIA Conference & Expo 2009 East, will take place June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. OPNET Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of SOA solutions for managing applications and networks.

Red Hat Collaborates with HP on SOA Solutions

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:45:00 EDT

Red Hat has announced an optimized solution developed with HP around service-oriented architecture (SOA) Governance. The JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform has been optimized to be governed by HP SOA Systinet software. With the addition of HP SOA Systinet, customers have an opportunity to drive revenue, remove costly errors and respond to market changes when they automate business processes through a deployment on JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform.

Denodo Technologies Named “Silver Sponsor” of SOA World Conference

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:45:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Denodo Technologies was named "Silver Sponsor" of the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East. The 15th International SOA World Conference will take place June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. Denodo, the recognized innovator of Enterprise Data Mashup (EDM) software, delivers a single platform that combines data integration and web process automation to enable real-

Managed Methods To Exhibit at SOA World Conference June 22-23, New York

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:30:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Managed Methods to exhibit at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East. The 15th International SOA World Conference will take place June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. Managed Methods provides Web services management and runtime SOA governance solutions focused on the needs of IT operations. We draw on over ten years of system management experience to build products that fit the dynamic pace and requirements of production IT environments

WebSphere Guru to Keynote at SOA World

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:00:00 EDT

With IBM taking major initiatives in the cloud computing arena this week, it is timely that SYS-CON Events recently announced that IBM WebSphere Director of Product Management Dr. Kareem Yusuf will be delivering a keynote on cloud computing and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East (www.soaworld2009.com) June 22-23 in New York City.

SOA World 2009 West: Call for Papers Deadline June 30

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:15:00 EDT

The conference theme of the 16th International SOA World Conference & Expo, to be held September 22–23, 2009 in San Francisco, CA, is 'Services - The Mainstay of the New Web Revolution.' The Call for Papers, which is now open, welcomes submissions from exceptional speakers with high-quality use cases of investing in SOA to provide strong return on investment (ROI). Case studies from companies that have chosen to invest in service-oriented architecture, with measurable benefits, are especially encouraged.

EMC vs NetApp for Data Domain: Joe Tucci Sends Open Letter

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:10:00 EDT

"We stand ready to welcome the talented people of Data Domain to EMC with open arms," writes Joe Tucci - Chairman, President and CEO of EMC - to all Data Domain employees this morning. He chose an open letter format, says EMC, as the best way to express directly to Data Domain employees his thoughts about why EMC is the best choice for them.

Test Drive e.Spreadsheet Report Designer

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:45:00 EDT

e.Spreadsheet Report Designer from Actuate is a free, easy-to-use report writing tool for creating authentic Excel files and reports that retain formulas, formatting, live charts and data connections.

Harris Corporation to Present at SOA World Conference, June 22-23 in NYC

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:15:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Anil Patel, Software Architect of Harris Corporation, will be presenting at the upcoming SOA World Conference & Expo 2009 East (www.soaworld2009.com) June 22-23, 2009, in New York City. His session will be entitled “Identity Propagation in N-Tier Enterprise Systems." Anil Patel, a Software Architect at Harris Corporation, is currently a member of the Harris Enterprise Architecture Core Technology Center conducting research on IA and standards for SOA. He worked as a Chief Technology Officer and architect for a secure wireless messaging platform for smart devices, a secure appliance to provision wi-fi services to hospitality institutions, and voice based cardiology interpretation reporting software

TopQuadrant Helps NASA Launch the Constellation Program

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:15:00 EDT

TopQuadrant has announced that NASA is using the TopBraid Suite 3.0 Semantic application platform to model, organize, integrate and exchange data within and across the NASA Constellation Program. NASA's use of TopBraid Suite represents a significant commitment to developing and applying a Semantic data architecture in the full 'engineering-through-operations' lifecycle as a means of achieving the Constellation Program's ambitious planetary exploration goals under NASA's affordability, sustainability and evolveability mandates.

Using Open Source SOA in an Enterprise Deployment

Sun, 31 May 2009 07:00:00 EDT

Many companies are turning to a service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach to use their existing IT assets in new ways. Application functionality is made available as a service, available to all applications that use that particular capability. Business managers know that an SOA is a key technology in business integration, and can help increase agility, improve customer satisfaction, and increase responsiveness.

White Paper: Fiorano vs. Oracle – Integration Server Comparison

Fri, 29 May 2009 12:45:00 EDT

The entire flow for database consistency integration takes less than 10 minutes to develop on Fiorano. The flow consists of two database components connected via ‘routes’, with a simple transformation component in the middle to ensure that the data formats are consistent. Further, the Fiorano environment allows the flow to be modified dynamically, even while running; changes to the flow do not require the flow to be stopped and ‘redeployed.’ Each individual component can also be independently reconfigured on-the-fly.