ZDNet Resources
- Dark Clouds and Silver Linings
- Cloud computing is getting hot, as in hot promises, hot press releases, and some hot contentions about who's platform is going to win the latest battleground in on-demand/SaaS. The answer my friend, is largely blowing in the wind. But not for long…. To be sure, there's a...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Cape Clear Software, On-demand, Vision, Workday, Microsoft Corp., Cloud, Sales Force Management, Strategy, Sales, Management, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-02-15
- Web 2.0 company buys SOA company: hmm...
- Acquisitions are a dime a dozen (okay, make that a billion a dozen) in the SOA space, and we've seen plenty of specialized SOA vendors get swept up by larger infrastructure players over the past couple of years. From enterprise service bus to integration on demand --...
- Tags: Web, Software-as-a-service, Web 2.0, Cape Clear Software, SOA, Workday, Ronan, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Enterprise Service Bus, Middleware, Software As A Service (SaaS), Enterprise Software, Software, Emerging Technologies, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- Another ERP vendor buys into middleware
- The scale may be different, but the same market forces that fueled Oracle's acquisition of BEA have sealed another acquisition announced today: that of SOA middleware vendor Cape Clear Software by on-demand enterprise applications vendor Workday (also covered today here on ZDNet by Dan Farber and Dana Gardner). Increasingly, customers...
- Tags: Acquisition, Cape Clear Software, Oracle Corp., ERP, Workday, Integration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Software As A Service (SaaS), Middleware, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- Workday acquires Cape Clear to deliver integration as a service
- On demand enterprise software provider Workday is adding integration services to its stack with the purchase of Cape Clear, an Enterprise Services Bus (ESB) provider. Workday had already integrated Cape Clear's bus into its HR and financial applications, such as providing report services via Excel. ...
- Tags: Cape Clear Software, Workday, Integration, Financial Accounting, Microsoft Excel, Vertical Industries, Financial Planning, Finance, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- Middleware field consolidates in services direction as Workday acquires Cape Clear
- On-demand business applications provider Workday has acquired SOA and enterprise integration middleware vendor Cape Clear Software, the companies announced Wednesday. The acquisition is novel in several respects. A middleware software vendor is being absorbed by a software as a service (SaaS) provider to expand its enterprise solutions...
- Tags: Acquisition, Cape Clear Software, Consolidation, Workday, Integration, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- Integration infrastructure approaches adjust to new world of SaaS and shared services
- Read a full transcript of the discussion. Sponsor: Cape Clear Software. Change is afoot for the role and requirements of integration for modern software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers and enterprises adopting shared services models. Reuse is becoming an important issue, as are patterns of automation. The...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Cape Clear Software, Integration, Multi-tenanting, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2007-09-25
- Putting the SaaS back into SOA
- Back in 2002, recognizing that on-demand applications couldn't make progress without the emerging technology of web services, I switched my attentions from SaaS to SOA. Five years on, the tables are turned. I'm back writing about on-demand applications, and SOA and web services are very much at the heart of...
- Tags: Integration, Development, Architecture
- Blog posts 2007-07-10
- Cape Clear 7 ESB Platform: On-Demand Integration
- Innovative companies that have looked beyond SOA and achieved measurable success have used On-Demand Integration. Based on architectures that provide greater economies of scale and immediate value delivery, models such as Software On-Demand (or Software as a Service) are driving significant reductions in total cost-of-ownership and time-to-market....
- Tags: Cape Clear Software, On-demand, Integration, Cape Clear 7.0, Enterprise Service Bus, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2007-03-01
- ESB University Course 4: Service Enablement and Quality of Service with SOA
- The fourth and final session of Cape Clear's ESB University focuses on exposing your existing legacy environments in an SOA, as well as consistent policy enablement. What you will learn during this event: Rapidly integrating existing applications (such as Java, CORBA, etc.) into a...
- Tags: Cape Clear Software, QoS, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Service Bus, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts 2006-08-30
- ESB University Course 3: Mapping and Transforming Diverse Data Formats Using SOA
- This third session of Cape Clear's ESB University series focuses on SOA mapping and transformation for handling the various document formats that challenge businesses today. What you will learn during this event: Loose-coupling and SOA Handling non-XML formats Data validation Document...
- Tags: Cape Clear Software, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Enterprise Service Bus, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts 2006-08-23
- ESB University Course 2: An Introduction to SOA Process Orchestration and Top Down Service Design
- The second session of Cape Clear's ESB University focuses on Business Process Management (BPM) and SOA, using a business example. You'll learn how BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) and SOA fit together and how to successfully convert services into a business process. What you will learn during...
- Tags: Business Process, Cape Clear Software, Enterprise Service Bus, SOA, BPEL, Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Web Services, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), It Operations, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts 2006-08-16
- BEA, Cape Clear claim no. 1 ESB spot
- BEA, Cape Clear claim no. 1 ESB spotAberdeen looks at ESB differentlyhttp://www.aberdeen.com/summary/report/benchmark/RA_IT_ESB_PK_3170.aspRecent survey-based research report on ESBs:- Half aren't even looking to buy an ESB. They are doing "SOA Lite" web services- 19% will get an ESB and SOA middleware built into their ERP package (e.g., SAP NetWeaver)- In...
- Tags: Middleware, BEA Systems Inc., Enterprise Service Bus, Cape Clear Software
- Discussion threads 2006-07-08
- BEA, Cape Clear claim no. 1 ESB spot
- Forrester Research just published its latest quarterly report on the ESB market, and both BEA Systems and Cape Clear Software are claiming the top spot in the rankings. Forrester describes ESBs as 'the most straightforward way to get started with service-oriented integration today.' To avoid more confusion...
- Tags: Enterprise Service Bus
- Blog posts 2006-07-06
- The Forrester Wave Report: Enterprise Service Bus, Q2 2006
- Excerpt from the Forrester Wave™ Report: "Cape Clear retains its leading position in Forrester's latest review of the standalone ESB market. The vendor is one of the pioneers in the enterprise service bus (ESB) category and continues to be among the leaders in technology innovation and strategic vision in this...
- Tags: Cape Clear Software, Vendor, Forrester Research Inc., Enterprise Service Bus, Middleware, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Software, Software, Web Services
- White papers 2006-06-30
- Forrester Report: Cape Clear Continues to Lead the ESB Market
- This Tech Choices paper from Forrester Research explains why the independent technology and market research company has placed Cape Clear in the leading position in its latest review of the standalone enterprise service bus (ESB) market. The paper explains why Cape Clear is a good fit for buyers that: ...
- Tags: Cape Clear Software, Forrester Research Inc., Enterprise Service Bus, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-06-30
- Cape Clear, BEA, Sun sling mud and FUD
- Cape Clear, BEA, Sun sling mud and FUDBPEL and Governance Registry RepositoryThere's a link between BPEL and Governance also.BPEL is really just metadata. XML descriptors that help extend the definition of service behavior. The runtime is the BPEL runtime, so as such it is metadata with a runtime enforcement point,...
- Tags: Business process automation, Web services, Sun Microsystems Inc., BEA Systems Inc., BPEL, Cape Clear Software
- Discussion threads 2006-04-09
- Cape Clear CEO zings BEA on M
- Cape Clear CEO zings BEA on MThanks for this postGREAT post, it's very illuminating to see these agressive points as well as the counterpoints...Miko
- Tags: Cape Clear Software, BEA Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-04-06
- Cape Clear, BEA, Sun sling mud and FUD
- It's the ultimate sign of an energetic market: mud and FUD flying all over the place. ZDNet's David Berlind has documented Annrai O'Toole's recent razzing of BEA over BEA's recent acquisition of BPM solution provider Fuego. O'Toole, CEO...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Fuego
- Blog posts 2006-04-06
- Cape Clear CEO zings BEA on M&A strategy; BEA responds
- Before I disappeared for back surgery, I made note of a blog written by Cape Clear CEO Annrai O'Toole that raked BEA over the coals for acquiring BPM solution provider Fuego. Wrote O'Toole: When BEA bought Plumtree several months ago, a lot...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Fuego, BPM
- Blog posts 2006-04-05
- Cape Clear primes ESB pipeline with Eclipse tool initiative
- The virtuous adoption engine that ignites when a tool and runtime complement one other and help to drive market adoption of the "platform" is one of those effects that I always thought deserves a law associated with it, ala Moore's Law or Metcalfe's Law. How about, The Integrated...
- Tags: Cape Clear Software, Enterprise Service Bus
- Blog posts 2005-12-19
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