AmberPoint Introduces Next-Generation SOA Runtime Governance.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. Runtime Governance Leader Launches Release 6 with Groundbreaking New Capabilities for Visibility, Control and Automation NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- AmberPoint today announced the next release of its industry-leading runtime governance solutions for 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) systems. The version 6 releases of AmberPoint SOA Management System and AmberPoint SOA Validation System deliver vital new capabilities for understanding and controlling heterogeneous applications. These new products are outgrowths of AmberPoint's close work with industry partners including BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Microsoft, SAP, TIBCO TIBCO The Information Bus Company and others. With its new products, AmberPoint introduces capabilities that extend the breadth, depth and ease of real-time visibility into service networks, while also providing more comprehensive control. "Due to their distributed nature, SOA assets and artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. bring new requirements for visibility and control," said Frank Kenney, Research Director at Gartner. "Organizations that use SOA for any purpose need tools that not only give them insight into the operational condition of their systems but also provide mechanisms for reacting to and controlling system behavior in real time. The use of events and related automated processes enable governance and contribute to the success of the overall 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. initiatives, the actual SOA implementation and the greater business agility. Enhanced Visibility, Control and Automation across Platforms SOA-based applications raise unprecedented requirements for ensuring system health and well being: * Visibility: IT organizations must understand at a glance the real-time condition of loosely coupled See loose coupling. systems * Control: In the event of unexpected conditions, IT staff must intervene to fix issues and prevent change from disrupting a live network of connected services * Automation: Organizations must automate as much of the runtime governance as possible to achieve 24x7 efficiencies and avoid reliance on manual tasks * Cross-Platform: To be effective, SOA governance must fully leverage the native capabilities of the platforms on which application components run In response to ongoing feedback from its industry-leading roster of customers, AmberPoint has introduced new capabilities in each of these areas. Greater Visibility: SOA Explorer(TM) AmberPoint release 6 delivers enterprise-wide SOA visibility through its new SOA Explorer user interface. AmberPoint leverages Adobe([R]) Flex(TM) and AJAX to provide a graphically rich, interactive experience that enables users to gain bird's eye views of their entire SOA networks, monitor operational status, and rapidly identify and drill-down into areas of interest. * Graphical views of the network topology See topology. that are color-coded to reflect real-time operational data * Tabular tab·u·lar adj. 1. Having a plane surface; flat. 2. Organized as a table or list. 3. Calculated by means of a table. tabular resembling a table. views for comparative analysis and planning with support for sorting, searching and exporting data * Extensive filtering based on runtime metadata--such as failed services, application components with performance issues, rogue or unsecured services, or all services within a particular application group. * Drill-downs to diagnose problems or take corrective actions A corrective action is a change implemented to address a weakness identified in a management system. Normally corrective actions are instigated in response to a customer complaint, abnormal levels if internal nonconformity, nonconformities identified during an internal audit or "AmberPoint has made innovative use of Adobe Flex Adobe Flex is a software development kit and an IDE for a group of technologies initially released in March of 2004 by Macromedia to support the development and deployment of cross platform, rich Internet applications based on their proprietary Macromedia Flash platform. in the latest release of its SOA runtime governance software," said Steve Rotter, director of product marketing at Adobe. "The interactivity and rich user experience provided by Flex will enable AmberPoint customers to gain greater visibility and control of their complex services-based environments. We're excited to see our technology applied to business-critical solutions such as AmberPoint's offerings." Enhanced Control: Throttling Policies to Regulate Use The new release of AmberPoint monitors system load and can automatically regulate requests based on such criteria as response times, request rates, fault rates, etc. This enables organizations to moderate the flow of traffic from various users and applications based on business criteria. For example, at times of peak load, update requests can continue unthrottled while search requests are kept in check. In addition, AmberPoint's throttling policies help to address one of the thorniest problems when exposing legacy systems through SOA interfaces--runaway demand. AmberPoint protects application performance without requiring constant monitoring or manual intervention. Maintaining Control: Validation of Business Applications In addition to working with individual services, AmberPoint SOA Validation System now validates business applications using transactions that span multiple services. By using complete transaction flows, it detects potential runtime anomalies that might result from ongoing changes to the production environment. By providing better, more complete analysis, AmberPoint reduces the risks system change poses to production SOA environments. Simplified Automation: Scriptable Command Line Interface To succeed with SOA, organizations must automate as much day-to-day management and control as possible. To accommodate automated lifecycle processes, AmberPoint's runtime governance capabilities are now accessible from scripting tools, such as Ant, PERL and shell scripts A file of executable Unix commands that is created in a text editor. When the file is run, each command is executed until the end of the file is reached. Shell scripts are the Unix counterpart to DOS batch files and scripts supported by the Windows Scripting Host. . This powerful capability makes it much easier to automate runtime governance and significantly reduces the burden on corporate IT staff * Callable Callable Applies mainly to convertible securities. Redeemable by the issuer before the scheduled maturity under specific conditions and at a stated price, which usually begins at a premium to par and declines annually. from home-grown build, rollout and deployment scripts * Integrates with other IT tools that can use scripts, such as system management products and interactive development environments Expanded Platform Support AmberPoint has established unmatched partnerships with the leading SOA platform providers. As a result of these collaborations, AmberPoint SOA runtime governance solutions support an impressive list of platforms including industry leading enterprise service buses (ESBs). AmberPoint now offers support for: * BEA AquaLogic Service Bus * IBM WebSphere ESB IBM WebSphere ESB provides an Enterprise Service Bus for IT environments built on open standards, SOA, messaging and Web services technologies of WebSphere Application Server. * JMS-based messaging systems Software that provides an electronic mail delivery system. It is made up of the following functional components, which may be packaged together or independently. Mail User Agent such as IBM MQ Series and TIBCO EMS * JBoss Combined with the new capabilities provided by SOA Explorer, this enhanced platform support greatly expands both the breadth and the depth of AmberPoint's industry-leading SOA visibility. "We're seeing increasingly powerful SOA systems in place at our customer sites," said John Hubinger, AmberPoint 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. . "Our customers now have more services, greater reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. , higher transaction volumes and greater complexity, so their need for runtime governance is greater as well. In response to ongoing feedback, we continue to make product enhancements that bring greater visibility and control to customers at the vanguard of SOA." Availability and Pricing The new release of AmberPoint will be available in the next 60 days. Pricing begins at $25,000. About AmberPoint AmberPoint is the industry's leading provider of SOA runtime governance solutions. More than 100 customers, including Best Buy, H&R Block, MedicAlert Foundation, 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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