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WSO2 adds data services and security features in Mashup Server 1.5

The latest version from the Mountain View, Calif., and Sri Lanka company adds WSO2 Data Services and security features for enterprise-class service composition. Mashup Server 1.5 is built on the WSO2 Web Services Application Server based on Apache/Axis 2. It can be used as an individual service development and deployment...

Tags: Data Service, Security, Mashup, WSO2, Mashup Server 1.5, eBizQ, Collaboration, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-07-18

WSO2 launches Web Services Framework for Spring 1.0

"Contract first" or "code first?" Spring developers now have a choice with WSO2's release of Web Services Framework WSF for Spring 1.0. The new WSF/Spring 1.0 integrates the Apache Axis2 /Java Web services engine into the Spring Framework, giving Spring users full control from within the Spring configuration model. ...

Tags: Web, Web Service, WSO2, WSF/Spring 1.0, WSF/Spring, Axis2, Web Services, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-03-31

WSO2 Web services framework builds bridge between Ruby and enterprise apps

    WSO2 has built a bridge between Ruby-based applications and enterprise-class Web services with the introduction of its Web Services Framework for Ruby (WSF/Ruby) 1.0. WSF/Ruby, an open-source framework for providing and consuming Web services in the Ruby object-oriented programming language, offers support for the WS-*...

Tags: Web, Web Service, Client, Ruby, Simple Object Access Protocol, WSO2, WSF/Ruby, SOAP, Web Services, Scripting Languages, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-01-14

Federated ESBs come to fore as natural outcome of guerrilla SOA practices

Some IONA Technologies announcements today point up the growing practice of multiple ESBs within enterprises, often associated in a federated manner, and sometimes using ESBs tasked with specific types of integration duties. IONA is taking a "hybrid" approach to ESB offerings, with a coordinated open source and...

Tags: Open Source, Module, Iona Technologies, SOA, Integration, WSO2, WSO2 Identity Solution, Enterprise Service Bus, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Web Services, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2007-12-10

WSO2 expands ESB market with Apache Synapse-based, open source SOA offering

WSO2 expands ESB market with Apache Synapse-based, open source SOA offeringOpen Source ESB explosionI see more and more customers going for open source ESB. They see ESB as a infrastructure component, and since they use more and more open source in the infrastructure stack, they test open source ESB. When...

Tags: Middleware, Enterprise Service Bus, open source, WSO2, Apache Software Foundation, SOA

Discussion threads 2007-07-01

WSO2 expands ESB market with Apache Synapse-based, open source SOA offering

Read a full transcript of the discussion. Sponsor: WSO2WSO2, Inc. has entered the open source SOA field with a slate of veterans from Web services specifications, application server design and lightweight framework development. The company's latest offering to the market came June 11 with the arrival of WSO2 ESB 1.0,...

Tags: Enterprise Java, management, Open Source, Podcasts, SOA, SOA architect, SOA Governance, Software Development, Software Infrastructure, Web Services

Blog posts 2007-06-15

Converged SOA/open source business model emerges

This week, we saw the launch of a commercial business model built around the growing convergence of open Web services standards and open-source software. A new company, WSO2, has been formed by several Web services pioneers to provide commercialized support to users of Apache Axis tools. (See ZDNet report here.)...

Tags: Apache Software Foundation, Axis

Blog posts 2005-08-05

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News to know: Amazon S3 outage; iPhone 3G; SOA debugging; Microsoft

Notable headlines: Michael Krigsman: Amazon S3: 'Elevated error rates'. Techmeme GigaOm: S3 Outage Highlights Fragility of Web Services Dana Blankenhorn: Do open source applications take security seriously? Dancho Danchev: Spam coming from free email providers increasing ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, S3 Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., SOA, Amazon.com Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Microsoft Corp., Outage, 3G, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Sales Strategy, Open Source, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales

Blog posts 2008-07-21

News to know: Dell; MinWin; Microsoft's Glasnost; Mozilla

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Dell: We'll save $3 billion; Cut 8,800 positions Ed Bott: Is MinWin really the new Windows 7 kernel? Jason Perlow: Microsoft Meets Open Source: Glasnost 2.0. Dana Blankenhorn: If the birthmark fits, Microsoft will wear it ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Wireless LANs, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-04-01

How to deploy to the cloud of your choice

Every cloud computing vendor I meet makes a point of telling me how long it takes the average enterprise these days to provision a new server (for the record, they tell me anything from 2 weeks to 3 months). Last week I met a vendor that made precisely the same...

Tags: Data Center, CFT, CFT Team, Virtualization, Data Centers, Server Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-02-19

TIBCO beefs up ActiveMatrix with 2.0 release, moves to 'Total Architecture' value

Promising hefty productivity increases and a lower TCO , TIBCO Software this week announced its beefed-up ActiveMatrix 2.0, which aims to simplify bilding and managing service-oriented architectures SOAs. This latest release adds BusinessWorks, which is available either in standalone mode or as a container hosted in...

Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., SOA, ActiveMatrix 2.0, TIBCO ActiveMatrix Product Family, SOA Infrastructure, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Podcasts, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-02-15

WSO2 targets 'Social Enterprise' with combined JavaScript/Web services Mashup Server

WSO2, an open-source SOA provider, has combined JavaScript programming and Web services with the launch of its Mashup Server 1.0. This open-source offering, which can be downloaded without subscription fees, will allow enterprises to consume, aggregate, and publish information in a variety of forms and...

Tags: Web, JavaScript, Web Service, Mashup, Mashup Server, WSO2 Mashup Server, Mooshup.com Membership, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-01-28

News to know: Macworld; OOXML; Google; Tech's economic pulse

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Veteran Windows architect resigns from Microsoft Independent study backs OOXML. EU launches new probe against Microsoft Macworld: David Morgenstern: Will Macs star at this year's Macworld Expo? Jason O'Grady: The calm before...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Facebook, Macworld, Software As A Service (SaaS), Desktops, Hd Dvd, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-15

To ESB or not to ESB, that is the question

To ESB or not to ESB, that is the questionThe original article from Paul FremantleJoe Great Article! Thanks.If you want to read my original article it is here: http://wso2.org/library/2913 - and here is my blog: http://pzf.fremantle.orgPaul FremantleRE: To ESB or not to ESB, that is the questionThanks Joe!PaulRE: To ESB...

Tags: Middleware, Enterprise Service Bus

Discussion threads 2007-12-14

A bumper crop of new mashup platforms

While application developers tend to roll their eyes at the concept of end-user mashups, they remain one of the more promising new trends in software development this year. And while it's certainly true it's early days yet for mashups, the tools that enable them remaining rather limited, seems to...

Tags: Wikis, Widgets, Web services, Web as Platform, Web 2.0 Platforms, Web 2.0, Two-Way Web, The Long Tail, SOA, Small Pieces, Loosely Joined, SaaS, RSS, Right To Remix, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), Products, Open APIs, Mashups, JSON, Governance, Global SOA, Gadgets, Enterprise Wikis, Enterprise Web 2.0, Enterprise Mashups, Encouraging Unintended Uses, Design Patterns, Customer Self-Service, Cost-effective scalability, Business Models, Ajax

Blog posts 2007-07-23

Analysts: more SOA vendor carnage ahead

A new report from Butler Group confirms what we already suspected: the big vendors are pouring out lots of cash in efforts to roll up smaller, more specialized SOA vendors into suites -- and will continue to do so.The Big SOA vendors are being chased upstream to maintain their high-margin...

Tags: General, Vendor Watch

Blog posts 2007-06-20

News to know: Life without Google; Securing Safari; Dell

Notable headlines:Life without Google: Quintura a nice alternative. Gallery right.Techmeme: The great age debate: Can over 30-somethings innovate?AP: GE, Pearson Discussing Dow Jones Bid.Marc Orchant: Dell selling Nokia phones - bad news for carriers. Matthew Miller: Dell coupons may help you buy a new Nokia S60 device.Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV and...

Tags: General, News to know

Blog posts 2007-06-18

Apache guru praises Vista

Apache guru praises VistaLet this be a call to arms. We need to make sure the web is NOT MS only.That is what we will have if we do not create the ability to do rich interactive web applications with Firefox. And, NO, AJAX is NOT good enough.thanks for making...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Scripting languages, Programming languages, applet, Microsoft Windows Vista, Eclipse RCP, Web, JSP, Java, Apache Software Foundation, Eclipse

Discussion threads 2006-06-14

Apache guru praises Vista

All the current excitement about Windows Live as a platform is diverting attention away from a crucial component of Windows Vista that could rewrite all the rules about how to develop web-centric applications. I was reminded of this yesterday in conversation with Sanjiva Weerawarana, CEO of a software startup...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Sanjiva Weerawarana, Web service

Blog posts 2006-06-14

Apache Synapse: 'intermediary' or 'bus'?

In recent times, there has been an abundance of contention and confusion within the industry over the exact purpose and benefits of enterprise service buses, or ESBs. Some say its a quick on ramp to SOA, others say its a distraction. A big problem is the proliferation of ESBs from...

Tags: Synapse, Enterprise Service Bus

Blog posts 2005-09-02