Flashline has introduced Flashline for SOA, which provides governance, registration, and lifecycle management of Web services
and SOA. The product focuses on architectural compliance and policy enforcement during planning and design phases of the software
development lifecycle. The chain of relationships and dependencies is managed ranging from artifacts such as WSDL and XML
schemas to business processes and applications.
Systinet (Profile, Products, Articles)
provides SOA registry for Oracle (Profile, Products, Articles) Fusion Middleware
September 26, 7:50 a.m. PDT
Systinet announced an agreement with Oracle to embed its SOA registry with Oracle Application Server 10g Release 3, a component
of Oracle Fusion Middleware. Systinet Registry captures detailed service description and usage information into a centrally
managed location. Integrating the registry with Oracle Application Server 10g Release 3 helps provide a standards-based foundation
and ensures consistency and control of enterprise SOAs.
VA Software (Profile, Products, Articles), ThoughtWorks team up on development solutions
September 26,
7:50 a.m. PDT
VA Software and IT consultancy ThoughtWorks announced they will integrate VA Software's SourceForge Enterprise Edition collaborative
development platform with the CruiseControl tool open sourced by ThoughtWorks. CruiseControl, the first continuous build system
integrated into SourceForge Enterprise Edition, is designed to help clients manage risk and leverage a globally distributed
workforce. It includes plug-ins for e-mail notification and various source control tools, as well as a Web interface to view
the details of the current and previous builds.
Zend
enhances PHP management in Zend Platform (Overview, Articles, Company) 2
September 21,
7:45 a.m. PDT
Zend Technologies (Profile, Products, Articles) announced Zend Platform 2 with enhanced application performance and simplified data synchronization. Zend Platform supports
the application life-cycle of PHP applications. New features include session clustering to improve PHP application performance
and response time; enhanced PHP Intelligence modules; and PHP configuration cloning across servers. Zend Platform 2 also improves
multiuser support and makes the installation process easier. Zend Platform 2 is available now for Linux (Overview, Articles, Company) and will support Sparc Solaris, FreeBSD, and Mac OS later in the month. Single-processor server pricing is $995; a two (or
more) processor server is priced at $1,495.
Panda offers enhanced protection against spyware, online fraud
September 21, 7:45 a.m. PDT
Panda Software (Profile, Products, Articles) is launching new versions of Platinum 2006 Internet Security and Titanium 2006 Antivirus + Antispyware. The products include
enhanced protection against spyware and phishing and detection of WiFi intrusions, as well as a new anti-malware detection
engine that is faster and more efficient. The products will be available from retailers beginning in October and are available
online immediately.
Macromedia (Profile, Products, Articles) offers new Web conferencing solutions
September 21,
7:45 a.m. PDT
Macromedia announced it is combining its Macromedia Breeze Web conferencing solution with Avaya's (Profile, Products, Articles) Meeting Exchange audio conferencing product. The integrated solution, Macromedia Breeze Avaya Adapter, simplifies conferencing
start-up by allowing Breeze users to automatically dial out to selected attendees. The product will be available by the end
of September. In other Web conferencing news, Macromedia announced that Cisco Systems (Profile, Products, Articles) has licensed components of the Macromedia Flash Platform and Macromedia Breeze to integrate Flash-based Web conferencing
into Cisco's portfolio of communications and conferencing offerings. Cisco's first product to include the Flash-based capability
is Cisco MeetingPlace Express, an integrated audio and Web conferencing solution aimed at small and mid-size organizations.
Vendors collaborate on new SOA Maturity Model
September 20, 7:15 a.m. PDT
Sonic Software (Profile, Products, Articles) has joined with AmberPoint (Profile, Products, Articles), BearingPoint, and Systinet to publish a new SOA Maturity Model (SOA MM) and launch a 10-city Management Forum tour designed
to educate managers on maximizing the benefits of their SOA investments. The SOA MM provides detailed guidance to enable SOA
leaders to establish multiyear SOA initiatives. It defines five levels of maturity, which SOA MM managers can use to determine
the level their organizations are currently executing at, and also provides recommendations for setting management goals and
identifies practices to help organizations advance to higher levels. Forrester analyst Randy Heffner and InfoWorld editors
will be joining the vendors on the Management Forum series, which is scheduled from Sept. 20 to Oct. 13. Seminars will be
held in New York; Parsippany, N.J.; Tyson's Corner, Va.; Philadelphia; Atlanta; Dallas; Chicago; Minneapolis; San Francisco;
and Irvine, Calif. For more information visit
www.sonicsoftware.com/news_events/seminars/soamgmtforum_sonic.
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