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- Progress Software adds cross-process visibility with Actional 7.1
- Progress Software has beefed up its Actional SOA management offerings with the release today of Progress Actional 7.1, which provides unified visibility into business processes, and connects those business processes to the underlying SOA infrastructure. Key features of the latest release include an automatic discovery feature...
- Tags: Progress Software Corp., SOA, Actional Corp., Web Services, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- SOA Worst Practices, Volume I: How to Prevent Your SOA From Being DOA
- When calculating the value of an SOA, it's best to focus on reuse among existing Web services, rather than the number of newly developed Web services. Reuse is not only a key benefit of SOA, but also something that one can quantify. One can measure how many times a service...
- Tags: SOA, Actional Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2006-05-25
- Progress on the SOA front
- Another vendor has been plucked from the SOA tree by a larger, mainstream IT vendor.Progress Software Corporation just announced that it is acquiring privately-held Actional Corporation for a cool $32 million. Actional, a provider of Web services management WSM software, will become part of Sonic Software and an operating...
- Tags: SOA
- Blog posts 2006-01-19
- Progress nabs Actional for Web services tools
- Progress nabs Actional for Web services toolsProgress should...Concentrate on their 4GL and make it more functional, before buying off other companies.does it stillsuck? I used it 20 years ago and it was just so unwieldy. The concept was cool, but even their 'IDE' made it painful to develop.Progress...
- Tags: Programming languages, Databases, Application servers, Middleware, Web services, tool, Actional Corp., Web service, Web, SQL
- Discussion threads 2006-01-19
- Hong Kong government embraces SOA
- Actional Corp. has joined HP Services and Getronics to deploy a new SOA-based e-government exchange that enables Hong Kong's citizens,producers andvariousgovernmentalagencies toeasily access and sharerelevant information.The exchange is now in production, and the security andXML infrastructure is in place to run it. With a goal of reducing IT costs as...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Vertical industries, security, government, Actional Corp., SOA, compliance
- Blog posts 2005-03-24
- End to End Visibility of Consumer Service Use: SOA Governance in Action
- In this webcast, you will learn how Systinet's Governance Interoperability Framework will enable enterprises to use Actional and Systinet technology to share service dependency information dynamically gathered by Actional SOA Command and Control.
- Tags: SOA, Actional Corp., Systinet Corp., Web Services, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Software, Software
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- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?
- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?Microsoft Search sucks.Now they are hijacking your PC to gain search share. Vista, XP, and anything else Microsoft is leaving this organization at every chance.RE: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?This studies almost alway fail to note that XP's business penetration was no better after...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrest
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appeal
- iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appealBut stability is supposed to be iPhone's strong suit?Hmm, guess not! A big "I told you so" to all those who made fun of WM's theoretical lack of stability even though mine have all worked flawlessly.[i]If you don’t have an Apple account you have...
- Tags: Sales channel, Digital music, Apple iPhone, iPhone 2.0 appeal, iCrash, Buggy app, iPhone 2.0, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Fastest-growing US web sites in May 2008
- Apr-08 May-08 Growth, % Rank Total Internet : Total Audience 190,728 190,858 1 N/A Proflowers.com 1,301 5,453 319 200 Vonage Holdings Corp 2,202 4,832 119 227 Vlaze Media Networks, Inc. 4,021 7,162 78 153 Discovery.com Sites 8,800 15,473 76 62...
- Tags: Web, InfoSpace Inc., Web Site, Internet, Web Site Development, Vertical Industries, Advertising & Promotion, Web Technology, Benefits, Healthcare, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Human Resources, NB
- Blog posts 2008-07-20
- Yahoo may revisit News Corp if AOL dims: source
- Yahoo is unlikely to get into a bidding war over AOL with Microsoft because Yahoo could instead renew talks over News Corp's Web properties. NEW YORK--Yahoo is unlikely to get into a bidding war over AOL with Microsoft because if Microsoft gets in the way, Yahoo could instead renew...
- Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft-Icahn Proposal, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, Investment, Reuters, Yahoo, Microsoft, Microhoo, merger, News Corps, AOL
- News items 2008-07-18
- New hybrid delivery security architecture
- Secure Computing's Ken Rutsky tells how to integrate Software-as-a-Service SaaS, virtualization and appliance security offerings to let users get exactly what they want. “In the past, CIOs deployed their own self-contained application architectures on their own servers and storage systems. This old model is giving way to a hybrid...
- Tags: Appliance, Software, Software-as-a-service, Platform, Information Technology, Advantage, Hardware, Model, Service, Architecture, Organization, Delivery Security Architecture, IT Security Professional, Delivery Platform, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Cloud Computing, Security, Emerging Technologies, Management, CIO, SaaS, virtualization, IT appliances, service delivery, IT management, Ken Rutsky, Secure Computing
- News items 2008-07-16
- How good is open source support?
- How good is open source support?This why I do not want open source.I can never get help when I need it, and those that try to help have a very snobbish attitude, and like to say you are not learning because you do not want to learn.Well I can only...
- Tags: Operating systems, open source, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- EMC connects the Iomega-Mozy storage dots
- EMC is connecting two of its more recent acquisitions--Iomega and Berkeley Data Systems' Mozy online backup storage--to target small businesses and consumers. On Wednesday, EMC will roll out a storage bundle that includes Iomega's external hard drives with a software bundle that combines the Mozy online backup...
- Tags: Iomega Corp., EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Top US Web companies in May 2008
- Parent Audience, 000 Time Per Person (hh:mm:ss) 1. Google 127,636 1:48:41 2. Microsoft 123,333 2:16:00 3. Yahoo! 115,605 3:13:23 4. Time Warner 107,778 3:24:16 5. News Corp. Online 79,058 1:45:31 6. eBay 66,240 1:46:12 7. InterActiveCorp...
- Tags: Web, Channel Management, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Microsoft as the gate keeper of video analytics
- Microsoft as the gate keeper of video analyticsNBC Olympics and TVTonic[b]Wavexpress to Provide Internet Video Download Service for NBC’s Coverage of the Beijing Olympic Games[/b]Free Service to Allow Media Center Users the Ability to Download Content During NBC’s Coverage of the Beijing Olympics, August 8-24, 2008http://www.tvtonic.com/news/?p=133NEW YORK - June 23,...
- Tags: Media Center PCs, Corporate communications, Microsoft Corp., analytics, video, NBC, Wavexpress, NBC Olympic
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- News to know Monday
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic' WSJ: New Rejection from Yahoo Sets The Stage for Ugly Fight Dana Blankenhorn: We don't want you to talk, Mr. Ballmer Murdoch says News Corp, Yahoo tie-up very unlikely ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, sdiaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Murdoch says News Corp, Yahoo tie-up very unlikely
- News Corp's Rupert Murdoch said it was "very unlikely" his company would be involved in any Yahoo transaction and said Yahoo and Microsoft would not end up with any deal. SUN VALLEY, IDAHO--News Corp's Rupert Murdoch said it was "very unlikely" his company would be involved in any Yahoo...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Rupert Murdoch, Microsoft Corp., Murdoch, Internet, Social Networking, Advertising & Promotion, Financial Accounting, Online Communications, Marketing, Finance, Reuters, Yahoo, News Corp., Microsoft, Microhoo, mergers
- News items 2008-07-11
- Did open source make Green go at VMWare?
- Diane Green Greene has been shown the door at VMWare, the company she founded. Another victim of open source? Possibly. Ironically, Green Greene told our Dan Farber two years ago "the industry goes at Microsoft's cadence," and she's being replaced by a former Microsoft executive,...
- Tags: VMware Inc., Diane Green Greene, Virtualization, Open Source, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Softbank announces iPhone 3G rate plans for Japan
- The iPhone 3G will be available in Japan on 11 July 2008 at 12 noon, but unlike in the United States, it will not be sold at the Apple Store Japan. Instead iPhone 3G will be sold by local carrier SoftBank Mobile Corp. SMB who has issued...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Japan, Softbank Corp., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Progress Software continues SOA buying spree with Mindreef acquisiton
- Progress Software continues SOA buying spree with Mindreef acquisitonDon't forget SOAPscope Tester!Dana,Thanks for the thorough post. Yours was the first I saw as I was traveling in Iquitos, in the Amazon Jungle. Just back, and I wanted to point out to your readers that you've missed out on one of...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Mindreef, Progress Software Corp., SOA
- Discussion threads 2008-07-06
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