Blue Titan Network Director 2.0 Enables Pragmatic Adoption of Enterprise Service-Oriented Architectures; New Generation of Web Services Networking Software Delivers Adaptive, Event-Driven Control for Enterprise SOAs.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2003 Blue Titan Software, Inc. today unveiled the most pragmatic path towards adopting enterprise service-oriented architectures (SOAs) with the release of Network Director 2.0, the latest version of its industry-leading 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. networking solution. Network Director 2.0 brings adaptive control Adaptive control A special type of nonlinear control system which can alter its parameters to adapt to a changing environment. The changes in environment can represent variations in process dynamics or changes in the characteristics of the disturbances. through advancements in event-driven messaging, distributed policy execution and shared infrastructure services. Unlike Web services management solutions that manage services for a particular platform, or merely provide visibility applications, Network Director actually enforces policies throughout a distributed enterprise by reacting to real-time operational events and metrics. This makes Network Director a pragmatic solution for actually controlling Enterprise SOAs. "Blue Titan Network Director ensured the reliability of our infrastructure as we deployed Web services to exchange critical data," said Michael Smith Michael or Mike Smith may refer to: Journalists
(Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. of Forbes.com. "Network Director continues to offer us the control we need as we service-enable our strategic systems such as advertising traffic management. This increases the adaptability of our back-end systems, and helps us to move towards a complete service-oriented architecture." "Enterprise IT organizations increasingly see Web services' strategic value as more than a practical way to achieve simple point-to-point integration," said Brent Sleeper Sleeper Stock in which there is little investor interest but that has significant potential to gain in price once its attractions are recognized. Antithesis of high flyer. , Principal at The Stencil stencil, cutout device of oiled or shellacked tough and resistant paper, thin metal, or other material used in applying paint, dye, or ink to reproduce its design or lettering upon a surface. Group. "As these innovators work to achieve the strategic benefits of service-oriented architecture, issues of visibility, control, and architectural flexibility become paramount. Blue Titan's service-oriented 'fabric' offers a compelling, and genuinely service-oriented, foundation for realizing this vision." Network Director 2.0, which is available immediately, offers the following new capabilities enabling customers to realize an Enterprise 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. : -- Fabric Services - which expose every function of the Network Director as shared, reusable Web services, thus freeing developers and IT managers to utilize their own tools and applications while leveraging the power of Blue Titan; -- Active Event Messaging In IP telephony, any time the status of a call control device or end point changes, an event message is sent, such as asking for permission to drop the call. See IP telephony. - which provides an easy and powerful way to introduce event-driven capabilities into an Enterprise SOA; -- Adaptive Policy Execution - which introduces adaptability into how enterprises manage Web service interactions, enabling them to change policies in real-time based on current traffic information; -- SOAP Stack Interoperability - ensuring virtually any service consumer or provider has a zero footprint path to benefit from a Blue Titan network; -- Emerging Standards Support - giving customers a path for adopting emerging standards such as WS-Security, WS-Policy and WS-Reliable Messaging in a structured, pragmatic fashion. "Network Director 2.0 marks a major milestone in the advancement of our technology and product strategy," said Frank Martinez, Chairman and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of Blue Titan Software. "Our customers can utilize our distributed, policy-driven control fabric in conjunction with any management application. And the introduction of adaptive, event-driven capabilities represent our next logical step towards providing a control infrastructure that enables business-driven agility." About Blue Titan Network Director Blue Titan Network Director enables enterprises to realize the value of Web services by providing a unified control layer that brings security, reliability and manageability to Web service interactions. Network Director enables users to define and enforce consistent enterprise-wide infrastructure policies in a distributed, non-invasive fashion. About Blue Titan Software, Inc. Blue Titan is the only company dedicated to address the unique requirements of controlling Web services within distributed enterprises. The company has customer relationships with Fortune 500 companies, including Sony, Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., or simply Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is one of the world's largest global investment banks. Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869, and is headquartered in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City at 85 Broad Street. , Ford Motor Company, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Forbes and others. The company also maintains strategic partnerships with major software developers, system integrators and value-added resellers. Based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Blue Titan was founded in 2001 by a seasoned management team and Draper Fisher Jurvetson Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California with affiliate offices in more than 30 cities around the world and over $4.5 billion in capital commitments. . Blue Titan, Blue Titan Software, and Blue Titan Network Director and Blue Titan Fabric Services are registered and pending trademarks of Blue Titan Software. |
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