AmberPoint Lends Expertise to Web Services Interoperability Organization; Web Services Management Leader Helps Meet Market Challenges.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers AmberPoint(TM), Inc. today announced that it has joined the Web Services Interoperability The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) is an industry consortium chartered to promote interoperability amongst the stack of web services specifications. Organization (WS-I (Web Services Interoperability Organization, www.ws-i.org) A consortium founded by Microsoft, IBM, BEA Systems and Intel that is dedicated to the development of Web services. Its goals are to provide guidance and education, to promote interoperability and to ensure that Web services ), demonstrating the company's leadership role in Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. management. AmberPoint will contribute its world-class experience in distributed computing (1) The use of multiple computers networked throughout a wide geographical area, or the world via the Internet, in order to solve a single problem. See grid computing. (2) The use of multiple computers in an enterprise rather than one centralized system. and management frameworks, and assist the WS-I community in developing tools, resources and other guidance to support Web services implementations. WS-I is committed to promoting interoperability across Web services platforms, applications and programming languages. AmberPoint joins more than 125 other companies that have become members of WS-I since its official launch in February 2002. As a member, AmberPoint gains access to tools, materials and conformance con·for·mance n. Conformity. Noun 1. conformance - correspondence in form or appearance conformity agreement, correspondence - compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and tests that will ensure its products as well as its customers' Web services are compatible and interoperable. "The collaboration of AmberPoint with other industry leaders will help us achieve our goal of ensuring interoperable Web services technologies," said Norbert H. Mikula, vice chair of WS-I. "With its expertise in Web services management and security, AmberPoint will assist WS-I in enabling companies to make the most of their Web services-based systems." While Web services standards facilitate connectivity between applications and processes, there are still critical management features necessary to deploy production-ready Web services. AmberPoint Management Foundation adds tremendous value to the new Web services infrastructure by providing key features such as monitoring and management across multiple machines, access control, handling of upgrades and tracking of business use. "To realize the full potential of Web services, organizations require open, standards-based products that interoperate across highly distributed, federated Connected and treated as one. See federated database and federated directories. , heterogeneous environments Using hardware and system software from different vendors. Organizations often use computers, operating systems and databases from a variety of vendors. Contrast with homogeneous environment. ," said John Hubinger, 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. of AmberPoint. "Toward this goal, the work of WS-I is exceptionally valuable. It brings together industry leaders to share their knowledge of the challenges associated with Web services and provides the necessary implementation guidance and supporting resources for developing interoperable Web services." About AmberPoint AmberPoint, Inc., a pioneer in Web services management, offers the most comprehensive solutions for making Web services production-ready, business-ready and easily manageable. With its modular, architecture-independent design, AmberPoint radically simplifies the management and evolution of business solutions built on Web services. AmberPoint's Customer Experience Group delivers services to ensure successful deployment and use of all AmberPoint software. Founded in 2001, AmberPoint is privately held with venture backing from Sutter Hill Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners. AmberPoint corporate headquarters are located in Oakland, California “Oakland” redirects here. For other uses, see Oakland (disambiguation). Oakland (IPA: /ˈoʊklənd/), founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. . For more information, contact AmberPoint at 510/663-6300 or info@amberpoint.com, or visit the company website at www.amberpoint.com. |
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