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- The Forrester Wave: SOA Service Life-Cycle Management, Q1 2008
- Forrester evaluated leading Service-Oriented Architecture SOA service life-cycle management vendors against 96 criteria and found that BEA Systems, Software AG, and LogicLibrary established leadership, thanks to their SOA service life-cycle management capabilities and breadth of process focus. BEA provides the most comprehensive combination of features, breadth of capability, and out-of-the-box...
- Tags: LogicLibrary, Lifecycle Management, Software AG, SOA, Forrester Research Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Middleware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-01-28
- Software AG and Cognos bring BI and BPM into common orbit
- The much-discussed marriage of business intelligence BI and business process management BPM may be a step closer to the altar with last week's announcement by Software AG that it will embed Cognos 8 BI with the webMethods product suite. ...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., BPM, Software AG, Layer 7 Technologies Inc., Natural 2006, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Enterprise Software, Databases, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Business Operations, It Operations, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2007-11-11
- Software AG consolidates governance products for SOA
- Software AG took the "big picture" view of governance for service-oriented architecture SOA with the announcement today of the CentraSite Governance Edition. The approach aims to enable governance more broadly across the enterprise, with policy enforcement capabilities building on the webMethods Infravio X-Registry (acquired by...
- Tags: WebMethods Inc., Software AG, Infravio, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2007-10-01
- SOA Insights analysts probe Software AG's webMethods buy, wikis for SOA governance, and SOA hype curves
- Read a full transcript of the discussion.How good of a match-up was the recent Software AG acquisition of WebMethods? Was is strictly a geographical sales force synergy? Or will webMethods become the de facto R&D arm of Software AG while the parent firm's legacy cash flow sustains the movement toward...
- Tags: Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA Governance, SOA architect, SOA, Podcasts, management, Interarbor Solutions, Enterprise 2.0
- Blog posts 2007-07-08
- Analyst: Software AG-WebMethods more about geography than technology
- Analyst: Software AG-WebMethods more about geography than technologyGartnerMy conversations with Gartner Analysts believe that there are a lot of synergy and Software AG's bankroll will help.Combined Software AG and webMethods is about a $850 Million. The two biggest things I believe they need to do is 1) Get rid...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Web services, Software AG, Software AG-WebMethods, software
- Discussion threads 2007-04-20
- Analyst: Software AG-WebMethods more about geography than technology
- Neil Ward-Dutton of Macehiter Ward-Dutton has weighed in on todays announcement that Software AG intends to acquire WebMethods, but doesnt see it as a highly effective union.Neil is not surprised that a larger company swooped in and grabbed WebMethods -- which has been an active player and thought leader in...
- Tags: Vendor Watch, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-05
- Another SOA-inspired consolidation: Software AG buys WebMethods
- Software AG just announced it is acquiring SOA and integration vendor WebMethods, and ZDNet blogging colleague Dana Gardner is on top of it with this perspective, posted here.The purchase price was $546 million. Within that acquisition, of course, comes Infravio, the SOA registry provider, which WebMethods bought last September for...
- Tags: Vendor Watch, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-05
- SOA consolidation ramps up with Software AG's purchase of webMethods
- German IT software infrastructure vendor Software AG is buying webMethods for nearly $550 million in cash, pulling together a larger solution set but perhaps more importantly straddling the Atlantic to serve both the North American and EU markets in ways many U.S. SOA components firms alone cannot.WebMethods has itself recently...
- Tags: management, IT Service Management, HP, IT Management, Developer Tools, database, business intelligence, SOA, Web Services, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA Governance, SOA architect, Oracle
- Blog posts 2007-04-05
- Modernise with Confidence
- DON'T PULVERISE:MODERNISE Legacy is the future - discover how to adapt your legacy systems and applications fast... Inside our Executive Guide you'll discover a low-risk, step by step, modular modernisation strategy that reduces cost, increases business efficiency and agility with minimal disruption and demonstrable ROI in as little...
- Tags: Software AG, Hardware Upgrade, Roi/Tco, Hardware, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2006-10-03
- Increasing Warehouse Productivity With a Service-Oriented Architecture
- GOERING iSeries Solutions has developed a graphical user interface for mobile radio scanners on the basis of Windows Mobile .NET technology. Using Software AG software, this client can be linked using a Service-Oriented Architecture with any existing warehouse management system. The iMwarehouse Web services solution can be used when companies...
- Tags: Software AG, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Scanners, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Handhelds, Software, Hardware, Peripherals
- White papers 2006-05-01
- Dental-Practice Management Group Modernizes Midrange System and Cuts Costs
- Aspen Dental Management, Inc. ADMI, which provides business support services to its affiliated dental practices, wanted to extend its IBM AS/400 midrange system with a simpler interface and an easier method for deploying software changes. With help from Microsoft partners Farina and Associates and Software AG, the company evaluated ApplinX...
- Tags: IBM AS/400, Software AG, Interface, Microsoft Corp., Midrange System, Workforce Management, Servers, Human Resources, Hardware
- Case studies
- Software AG Develops Tamino Using Linux on zSeries by Compiling With Systems/C From DIGNUS
- Software AG, headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, is Europe's largest provider of system software, offering leading-edge technology for data management and electronic business. Software AG saw that its software development environment was not meeting its needs. The software group at Software AG learned about Dignus and is now using the Dignus...
- Tags: IBM zSeries, Linux, Software AG, Data Management, Mainframes, Tools & Techniques, Servers, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Hardware, Management, Software
- Case studies
Additional Resources
- Appearance: PPUG meets tomorrow in Philly
- If you're in the Philadelphia area I'd like to invite you to attend the Philadelphia PowerBook User Group PPUG meeting tomorrow at the Manayunk Brewery and Restaurant. We meet from 12 noon to 3pm over lunch and fine local beer. Want to debate my theory on...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Philadelphia, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Software makers may sue eBay
- Tired of being "stiff-armed" by eBay, the Software and Information Industry Association is signaling its ready to sue over pirated software sales on the dominant online auction site, PC World reports. SIIA has offered eBay several suggestions for stemming the sale of pirated software on...
- Tags: Software, Software Information Industry Association, eBay Inc., Tiffany, Tools & Techniques, Piracy, Sales Strategy, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sales, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Gaping holes in RealPlayer patched
- Digital media delivery firm RealNetworks has shipped a high-prority patch to cover four gaping holes in its flagship RealPlayer software, warning that the vulnerabilities could put users at risk of code execution attacks. The patch comes a few hours after Secunia released an advisory warning for one...
- Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., RealNetworks RealPlayer, Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- What paper trail?
- I've been carting around my latest sheaf of press releases about the green-ness of electronic document technology for weeks now. Yes, as I've blogged before, I am still one of those people who can't help printing out certain emails in order to act on them. Yes, it's bad, I know....
- Tags: Xerox Corp., Paper Trail, Survey, Printers, Data Centers, Marketing Research, Hardware, Peripherals, Storage, Data Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- EIC podcast: Microsoft's analyst meeting; Icahn's deal; Facebook
- On this week's EIC squared podcast, Dan is back and we talk about Microsoft's analyst meeting, Kevin Johnson's departure from the software giant, Carl Icahn's deal with Yahoo and Facebook. The big news this week was Microsoft's financial meeting (see Mary Jo Foley and Ina Fried's coverage)...
- Tags: Facebook, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Dan, Podcasts, Portals, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Microsoft joins 'patch DNS now' chant; Apple patch missing
- On the heels of the release of weaponized exploit code for the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability, Microsoft has joined the chorus of security pros pleading with DNS server providers to immediately apply patches to protect users from malicious attacks. The Redmond, Wash. security...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNS, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Dan Kaminsky, Domain Names, Apple Mac OS X, Networking, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Mystery solved: Apple's new product is iTablet (updated)
- Previously I speculated about the mysterious "product transition" that Apple's Peter Oppenheimer CFO mentioned no less than seven times in the Q3 2008 Earnings conference call with analysts. Some of his quotes from the call: We are working to develop new products that contains technologies...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Heap-based buffer overflow reported in RealNetworks RealPlayer
- Update 07/25/2008: Aaron Portnoy of TippingPoint's security research group was kind enough to point out that I'm actually not affected by this, since I've installed the newest version of RealPlayer. From Aaron's email: Notice the Secunia advisory states it affects RealPlayer 10.5... the latest is 11.x, which now uses...
- Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., Buffer-overflow, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Secunia Research, Vendor, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
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