Cape Clear Software on July 21 will ship Cape Clear 5, an upgraded version of the company’s ESB (enterprise service bus) product package that adds support for BPEL (Business Process Execution Language).
The company is positioning the package for use in simplifying integration of applications and data using SOAs (service-oriented architectures) and Web services. With an SOA, the complexity of a service implementation can be hidden from the user of the service, said David Clarke, senior vice president of products at Cape Clear.
SOAs generally are positioned as enabling easily adaptable, service-based IT infrastructures.
In addition to BPEL-based composition and routing, Version 5 introduces multi-protocol routing and messaging, data integration tools, extended support for building and scripting SOAs and Web services, and advanced enterprise management, Cape Clear said. Security enhancements are featured as well, such as digital signature support.
BPEL is a business process standard for Web services developed by IBM, BEA Systems, and Microsoft. “What we’re using [BPEL] for initially is to provide routing,” with BPEL scripts executed at runtime, Clarke said. Developers can deploy business processes across an enterprise.
Cape Clear 5 is comprised of four integrated products: Studio, which is a graphical environment for developing services; Server, which is an ESB for integrating applications; Data Interchange, for data integration; and Manager, for managing Web services and integrations.
The ESB package eliminates the need for a complex, expensive application server, Clarke said. “We believe that you don’t need an application server to get the benefit of this,” he said.
Version 5 backs security standards such as SSL and X.509. In addition, Cape Clear can be managed from within CA Unicenter and Tivoli management consoles through SNMP and JMX interfaces.
Also featured is the Cape Clear SOA Editor, providing a graphical environment for building, editing, and integrating services. Additionally, automated wizards guide developers through the integration process.
Script-based transformations are supported enabling developers to build custom transformations using languages such as JavaScript or Perl. Support is provided for protocols such as HTTP and FTP.
Cape Clear 5 prices start at $20,000 per server.
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