AmberPoint Announces Integration With Systinet 2; Synchronization of Industry-Leading SOA Governance Vendors Brings Greater Control and Reduced Complexity to Enterprise-Class SOA Applications.OAKLAND, Calif. -- AmberPoint announced today that it has completed integration between its service oriented o·ri·ent n. 1. Orient The countries of Asia, especially of eastern Asia. 2. a. The luster characteristic of a pearl of high quality. b. A pearl having exceptional luster. 3. architecture (SOA (1) (Start Of Authority) The first record in a DNS zone file. See DNS records. (2) (Service Oriented Architecture) The modularization of business functions for greater flexibility and reusability. ) management software and Systinet 2, Systinet's newly announced SOA governance Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) governance is a concept used for activities related to exercising control over services in a SOA. SOA governance can be seen as an overlay on IT governance, but its focus is more organizational, since services are closely related to business activities. and lifecycle management platform. This new integration includes a number of first-to-market capabilities that deliver comprehensive end-to-end governance of SOA applications. Together, AmberPoint and Systinet provide comprehensive visibility and control of distributed, heterogeneous Not the same. Contrast with homogeneous. heterogeneous - Composed of unrelated parts, different in kind. Often used in the context of distributed systems that may be running different operating systems or network protocols (a heterogeneous network). services-based applications. Significant Capabilities The integration of AmberPoint and Systinet 2 results in many significant governance capabilities for SOA, including: --Bidirectional service communication: AmberPoint automatically discovers services recorded in the Systinet Registry, a component of Systinet 2, as well as any new, previously unlisted services discovered in the running environment. This eliminates the possibility of "rogue Rogue, river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in SW Oreg., in the Cascade Range N of Crater Lake. It flows southwest and west through a fertile valley (noted for its orchard fruits) and then across the Coast Range to the Pacific Ocean at Gold Beach. " services -- those that are being used without appearing in Systinet. --Bidirectional endpoint communication: AmberPoint automatically updates Systinet 2 with changes to service endpoints made in the running environment -- such as the creation of proxies, virtual services, and other intermediaries. This eliminates the need to manually change service information in order for it to reflect changes in the running environment. --Bidirectional policy communication: AmberPoint retrieves policies referenced in the Systinet business services registry and enforces them at runtime, as well as posting new policies and policy changes to registries. By mutually sharing and synchronizing synchronizing, n a technique that a therapist uses to coordinate his or her breath with that of the client; builds trust and establishes relationship. policy information, it ensures a seamless migration of governance policies from design-time specification through to runtime enforcement. --Runtime Status Synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. : AmberPoint can update Systinet Registry, a component of Systinet 2, with current runtime status information such as whether the service has runtime management enabled. This allows users of Systinet's consoles to get a summary view of what parts of their system are being actively managed by AmberPoint at runtime. --Lifecycle Integration: AmberPoint can submit all synchronized syn·chro·nize v. syn·chro·nized, syn·chro·niz·ing, syn·chro·niz·es v.intr. 1. To occur at the same time; be simultaneous. 2. To operate in unison. v.tr. 1. information (services, endpoints and policies) to Systinet's approval process, which allows review of all information before promotion to the production environment. "AmberPoint and Systinet continue to work closely together to improve our customers' ability to deploy highly adaptive, business-driving SOA applications," said Tom Erickson, Systinet 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. . "The synchronization of AmberPoint and Systinet will help our shared customers to more effectively implement, update and enforce policies across their growing services networks." Benefits of the Integration --Bridges the gap between the SOA "system of record" and runtime policy enforcement --Enables organizations to more easily govern services from inception through runtime operation and into retirement --Ensures the effective provisioning of management and security policies across complex services-based systems --Significantly reduces the complexity and effort of governing gov·ern v. gov·erned, gov·ern·ing, gov·erns v.tr. 1. To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; exercise sovereign authority in. 2. enterprise-class SOA applications "As we've seen from our many shared customers, the combination of AmberPoint and Systinet forms a very potent framework for governance of services-based systems," said John Hubinger, AmberPoint CEO. "We're continuing to work closely with Systinet to ensure that our solutions provide the infrastructure organizations require to gain business value from SOA." About AmberPoint AmberPoint is the industry's leading provider of SOA visibility, management and security solutions. Customers such as British Telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , H&R Block, Motorola and the U.S. Department of Defense have chosen AmberPoint for its comprehensive capabilities, its non-invasive approach and its native support for Java and .NET. For more information, contact AmberPoint at 510.663.6300 or info@amberpoint.com, or visit www.amberpoint.com for a complimentary developer's edition of AmberPoint software. |
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