Latest News from SOA News Desk

Brown, IBM Unveil Multimillion-Dollar Supercomputer

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:30:00 EST

Brown University and IBM today announced the opening of a multimillion-dollar supercomputer at Brown's Center for Computation and Visualization. The supercomputer is the most powerful computational system in Rhode Island and will be used by researchers statewide to tackle "grand challenges" affecting Ocean State residents in climate change, education, energy and health.

Panasas and Cray Certify Powerful, Easy-to-Manage Supercomputing Solution

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST

Panasas today announced that it has collaborated with Cray Inc. to certify Panasas storage with the Cray CX1 deskside supercomputer. For organizations wanting to harness supercomputing power without the complexity of traditional computing clusters, the combined solution delivers exceptional performance with the ease of use and seamless integration of a workstation.

British Airways Selects Progress Software SOA Solutions

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:01:00 EST

Progress Software Corporation has announced that British Airways (BA) will use its portfolio of SOA solutions as a key part of its travel program to upgrade its IT systems. This will extend to the end of 2014 and will revolutionize travel by integrating over 600 different electronic systems and processes involved in getting BA passengers in the air.

Midmarket ERP Solutions Comparison Guide

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:15:00 EST

The ERP Comparison Guide shortens the time needed to purchase ERP software for companies looking to get 2009 off to a successful start! Begin accurately controlling costs, inventory and revenue forecasts in 2009.

ERP To-Do Checklist

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:30:00 EST

A mid-market ERP solution purchase can be completed rapidly and successfully if you ask yourself and vendors the right questions.”

Pervasive Data Quality

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:15:00 EST

Overcome the obstacles that keep data quality solutions tactical, departmental, and unsustainable. Learn how to drive pervasive data quality throughout your organization to all stakeholders, projects, domains, applications, and geographies.

Defining, Designing, and Implementing SOA-Based Data Service

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:15:00 EST

Learn how to define, design, and implement SOA-based data services to solve core data integration problems. Find out how use data services to deliver a trusted, timely single view of data and to create a virtual data warehouse for operational BI.

The Next Step Forward in Data Quality

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:15:00 EST

Traditional, retroactive data quality approaches are insufficient. Companies need to use a pervasive data quality approach—one that includes all data, in all domains, for all applications. With new technology, pervasive data quality is now possible.

Closing the Data Divide Between Business and IT

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:15:00 EST

The business and IT need a common language and a common set of tools they both can use to collaborate on data issues. Learn how the business and IT can collaborate more effectively to better manage and use data to drive critical business initiatives.

The Data-Driven Enterprise

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:30:00 EST

Learn how your company can become a data-driven enterprise and beat the competition. Find out about the people, processes, and technology you need to make sure you’re harnessing the power of your data assets to operate faster, better, and smarter.

Collaborative Data Integration

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:30:00 EST

When business requirements align with IT delivery, your company works faster, cheaper, and smarter. This white paper shows how Informatica 9 helps the business and IT collaborate to support critical data quality and data integration initiatives.

Hitachi Storage Optimization Kit

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:15:00 EST

Tiered storage is one of those things that is a means to an end and not an end in itself; the reason tiered storage —not just tiered, but effectively and efficiently tiered storage—is becoming more crucial (indeed, a prerequisite for many organizations) is a simple matter of economics. The good news is, there are technologies and strategies proven to reduce storage infrastructure costs – simply put, they make storage cheaper to own. The technologies and strategies discussed in this eBook can transform your data center into an economically superior storage environment. Does a transition to virtualized tiered storage deliver true value, a fast return on investment(ROI), and verifiable cost savings?

Email Archiving: a Business-Critical Application

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:30:00 EST

Today’s businesses are especially vulnerable to accidental email loss, compliance demands, and the threat of e-discovery. Yet these same companies often have the fewest resources for combating these risks on their own. Many businesses today are turning to email archiving services to eliminate losses. Additional benefits of professional email archiving services include greater employee productivity, less need to rely on company storage servers, and increased protection. Email archiving also protects email 24X7 with enterprise-level backup and support. Data is secured at multiple sites and restoring archived email happens quickly and does not require IT professionals. For most businesses, costs are significantly lower and data is more secure compared to companies that choose to run and maintain in-house archiving software solutions.

Tyler Technologies Wins $1.6 Million Multi-Solution Contract

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:18:00 EST

Moore County has contracted for several of Tyler's Munis revenue applications, including North Carolina Tax and Motor Vehicle Billing. Additionally, it has selected the Web-based Citizen Self Service application, which provides citizens with the capability to pay tax bills online. For assessment software, the County has chosen Tyler's iasWorld solution, a fully integrated system that includes CAMA (computer aided mass appraisal), assessment administration, and inquiry & appeals tracking.

Prometheus Research Launches HT//SQL Software

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:00:00 EST

Prometheus Research announced today the availability of its new database software tool, HT//SQL, a web application that web-enables databases in all industries quickly, securely, and at low cost. Prometheus Research, a leader in biomedical research informatics, has been using a form of its HT//SQL software for its biomedical research customers, including leading universities and private foundations, which use the tool to analyze and share research data with colleagues through a simple, easy-to-navigate, web-based URL. With the commercial launch of HT//SQL, Prometheus envisions extending the benefits of the software to businesses, government agencies, and other data-centric organizations that recognize the power of data-driven intelligence but struggle with issues of cost and access.

Fujitsu Interstage BPM Version 11

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:46:00 EST

Fujitsu today announced the worldwide release of Interstage Business Process Manager (BPM) Version 11, offering enhanced "Sense and Respond" capabilities that let users proactively address changing business requirements. The latest release of Interstage BPM, which is also optimized to be offered via the Cloud, provides teams involved in collaborative, highly dynamic processes with past performance data and workload predictors as well as with the flexibility to veer from established process paths to find more efficient ways to get work done. It is ideal for processes related to project management, case management, and new product introductions. Interstage BPM Version 11 delivers complete visibility across the end-to-end business process -both the structured and unstructured segments. It captures these unpredictable, hybrid collaborative process patterns as they are being established thereby uncovering processes that really work for the business.

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.