SOA brings challenges for every part of the IT organization, and the IT quality organization is no exception. SOA requires quality management across all types of testing--functional, performance, security and compliance. IT quality managers can develop a success...

The technologies used by IT to create SOAs are maturing. They are found to be robust and reliable. SOA governance provides a framework for making and applying the decisions that determine how the SOA will be designed, developed and operated. Work with real enterpr...

Managing SOA services is usually done by a specific project team initially. However, in the long run, SOA must be managed in production by IT operations to take advantage of trusted operational processes. This paper describes an approach to SOA management that i...

SOA has become a strategic imperative for organizations today. Without a SOA strategy, you risk being outpaced and outperformed by competitors who are better equipped to serve customers, seize opportunities and respond to change. This paper highlights the concept ...

SOA enables IT to increase agility and to lower costs. However, because of the added complexity, you need to manage SOA services and applications built with SOA to ensure their performance and availability meets the needs of the business. This white paper provides...

Microsoft added this week workflow capabilities to BizTalk Services, the company's platform-in-the-cloud project for SOA and business process management.

Sonoa Systems announced that Sterling Infosystems has selected its ServiceNet solution to more effectively operate Sterling's SOA infrastructure and ensure enterprise-class security, manageability and performance of these customer-facing Web services.

OpenSpan announced that it closed $13 million of C-round venture capital funding. The round was co-led by FTVentures and Globespan Capital Partners, and included re-investments from Matrix Partners, Sigma Partners and Imlay Investments. The funding will help OpenS...

DataDirect and an operating company of Progress Software Corporation announced the availability of the DataDirect Data Integration Suite. The new offering combines DataDirect Technologies' existing XML-based technologies in one package with a single, simple inst...

Forum Systems announced it has partnered with Techlogix to bring SOA products to markets in United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Asia-Pacific. Techlogix will supply Forum Sentry with installation and architecture consulting services to its large customer base across A...

WSO2 announced that it has extended its support for service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance through enhanced authentication. Version 1.5 of the WSO2 Identity Solution for strong Web authentication based on open standards and open source is now generally ava...

IONA has announced that Chariot Solutions has become a FUSE Partner. Chariot Solutions, as a FUSE Partner, will resell IONA's FUSE family of Open Source services and solutions to address customers' enterprise Open Source requirements.

A new global survey issued by Software AG suggests that enterprise adoption of service-oriented architecture (SOA) has 'crossed the chasm'. Users also identified SOA governance as a key component of sustainable implementations with holistic, lifecycle approaches...

First Trace has completed development and released Korrigo, a standards-based engineering document management product. Korrigo is the newest addition to the KinnosaONE product family. KinnosaONE is a suite of service-oriented architecture (SOA) solutions built o...

iTKO LISA announced the general availability release of LISA 4.5. LISA 4.5 extends the functionality of the LISA 4 suite, adding service virtualization for load and performance testing, and customer-driven enhancements. iTKO customers value the product for its uni...

A new global survey issued today suggests that enterprise adoption of service-oriented architecture (SOA) has 'crossed the chasm'. Users also identified SOA governance as a key component of sustainable implementations with holistic, lifecycle approaches viewed as ...

LISA Virtualize (formerly LISA Virtual Service Environment) allows teams to decouple themselves from dependency on live or unfinished systems and components throughout the lifecycle of building and testing SOA applications. LISA Virtualize models the expected func...

IONA's advanced SOA infrastructure suite, IONA Artix, offers a standards-based approach to SOA deployment that complements existing infrastructures and makes integration with future technologies more affordable. By commoditizing proprietary, centralized middlewa...

SOALayers is a comprehensive SOA platform designed to assemble, manage and govern composite enterprise applications. It enables business process composition, integration, governance and policy management, and SOA infrastructure management. As a platform, SOALaye...

AppTrigger extended its capabilities for market-leading messaging provider Unisys and their customers by expanding its features for the Unisys Application Session Controller (ASC) offering. AppTrigger?s latest product release has coincided with the expansion of th...

EXTOL International, Inc. a provider of integration software applications for both internal and external collaboration, announced support of IBM?s i 6.1 operating system. EXTOL solutions enable companies to exchange and integrate transactions and documents, regard...

Managed Methods has announced support of REST style services to their patent pending Agentless deployment options. JaxView has several different deployment options including XML/Firewall, Agentless, Agent stub and ESB integration. Although JaxView has had support ...

SOA Software is a company that offers a complete Integrated SOA Governance Automation solution addressing SOA security and management together with Legacy and B2B Web services requirements. SOA Software?s Repository Manager, Policy Manager, and Service Manager com...

Software AG and the Potsdam-based Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering (HPI) announced the successful completion of a one-year research project examining the impact of service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance on Green IT practices. Wor...

Aspera announced that its whole suite of software products seamlessly integrates with the IBM Media Hub Solution Framework, enabling digital content to be moved at maximum speed with unprecedented bandwidth control, complete security and uncompromising reliability.

P2 Energy Solutions is pleased to announce the release of Enterprise Land 2.5. Using the industry leading Tobin LandSuite of software as the basis for the new product, Enterprise Land redefines the way companies utilize software to manage their land assets.

Ranorex announced the release of Ranorex V1.5, the newest version of its flagship software testing application. Leading the additions in Ranorex V1.5 is Ranorex Studio, a complete test development environment that brings all Ranorex features together, allowing the ...

The SOA Consortium announced that Layer 7 Technologies has joined as a Silver Sponsor. The SOA Consortium is an advocacy group of end users, service providers and technology vendors committed to helping the Global 1000, major government agencies, and mid-market bu...

Layer 7 Technologies announced a collaboration with Sun Microsystems to help secure and govern Web services built using the Sun Java Composite Application Platform Suite (Java CAPS). Sun customers will be able to purchase Layer 7 products globally through Sun Professional Services.

Progress Software has acquired Mindreef, a provider of SOA service validation and testing tools. Mindreef will be fully integrated into Progress Software, and will adopt the Progress Software company name. Progress expects to retain most Mindreef product names, ho...

Elixir Technology provides Integrated Business Intelligence with Elixir Repertoire - a product for Dashboard, Reporting, Data ETL and Scheduling. Supporting 'Web 2.0' with RESTful Web Services architectural approach on SOA, Elixir Repertoire aims to power the new ...

Legacy systems typically contain the most critical information in an enterprise, and many organizations have more than one type of legacy platform. LegaSuite Integration is a middleware tool to simplify and accelerate integration of all types legacy data, business...

AmberPoint announced a new program to recruit and support leading systems integrators. The AmberPoint Systems Integrator Alliance Program provides the tools systems integrators need in order to implement reliable and manageable SOA-enabled systems with AmberPoint'...

MEGA International announced that Cox Enterprises is using the MEGA Modeling Suite for its enterprise architecture and business process modeling program. Cox Enterprises is a media company with more than 80,000 employees in 300 companies. Major operating subsidiar...

Ivory Service Architect is the centerpiece of the Ivory mainframe SOA solution, instantly turning mainframe developers into service developers for rapid mainframe SOA development. With Ivory Service Architect, developers can create and publish Web services, deve...

MuleSource announced general availability of Mule Galaxy Enterprise, a new production-ready solution for storing and managing SOA artifacts offering new enterprise-class features such as clustering for high availability, an extensible query engine, and more. Mule ...

FusionVm SaaS from Critical Watch enables organizations to reduce risk and sustain compliance by automating Vulnerability Management and Security Configuration Policy Compliance through an on-demand service. Using this subscription-based Software-as-a-Service (S...

Methodologies Corporation announced the release of SOMF version 1.1. The advanced edition is based on recent book publication entitled 'Service-Oriented Modeling: Service Analysis, Design, and Architecture', written by Michael Bell and produced by Wiley & Sons Inc. in March, 2008.

ParAccel and Pentaho announced a partnership to deliver a high performance, integrated database platform and BI environment for analytic applications. The integration of the ParAccel Analytic Database and Pentaho's comprehensive BI suite will provide organizatio...

AccuRev and Rally announced a technology partnership that will integrate AccuRev software change and configuration management (SCCM) with Rally's Agile lifecycle management solutions. The combined solution will provide a platform to manage multiple Agile processes...