Actional Achieves PeopleSoft Integration Certification for Actional SOAPswitch; Customers Can Leverage PeopleSoft Apps Through Instant Web-Service Enablement.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 2002 Actional Corporation, an emerging leader in Web services management, today announced the successful certification of the integration between Actional SOAPswitch and PeopleSoft 8. Customers of PeopleSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq:PSFT PSFT PeopleSoft (stock symbol) PSFT Progressive Saturation Fourier Transform PSFT Prosoft-Technology, Inc ) and Actional are able to leverage the value of their PeopleSoft 8 applications through enhanced Web services integration technology. Actional SOAPswitch is a wizard-driven, standards-based adaptation tool that integrates existing software assets with PeopleSoft 8 using Web services, enabling customers to deploy new applications without the expense or delay of traditional application integration. "PeopleSoft is widely recognized as an innovative leader that is quick to embrace emerging technologies," said Frank Bergandi, Actional CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Actional SOAPswitch leverages the power of Web services to help customers increase the utility of the business logic and data in their PeopleSoft 8 applications, providing quick return on investment and delivering a solution that is consistent with PeopleSoft's commitment to pure Internet ebusiness." "We are pleased to certify the Actional integration on PeopleSoft 8," said Raghu Gnanasekaran, Director of PeopleSoft's Partner Integration Team. "This provides customers with an integration solution that leverages the power of PeopleSoft and Web Services Technology." Actional SOAPswitch enables integration with packaged applications; mainframe applications; and custom applications based on Java, CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) A software-based interface from the Object Management Group (OMG) that allows software modules (objects) to communicate with each other no matter where they are located on a private network or the global , COM or MQ series. The product also integrates seamlessly into popular development environments, including Microsoft Visual Studio Microsoft Visual Studio is Microsoft's flagship software development product for computer programmers. It centers on an integrated development environment which lets programmers create standalone applications, web sites, web applications, and web services that run on any platforms .NET, J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. and packaged portal environments, giving developers flexibility in their choice of development platform. SOAPswitch complies with the latest Web services standards, including SOAP, WSDL (Web Services Description Language) An XML-based language for defining Web services. Developed by Microsoft and IBM, WSDL describes the protocols and formats used by the service. , and UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration) An industry initiative for a universal business registry (catalog) of Web services turned over to the stewardship of OASIS in 2002 as the version 3 specification of UDDI was released. . Actional SOAPswitch for PeopleSoft 8 is available now. About Actional Actional Corporation is an emerging leader in Web services management solutions. Actional provides enterprise solutions that unlock existing software assets as Web services and securely manage Web services distribution. Actional is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Mountain View California, with offices across the US, Canada and Europe. More than 100 of the Global 2000 companies use Actional's products in their mission-critical infrastructure. |
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