Blue Titan Software and IBM Collaborate to Aid Enterprise SOA Adoption; Strategic Initiative Enhances the Speed, Scale and Flexibility of SOA Deployments.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 Software today announced a strategic initiative with 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) to collaborate on technologies and resources that will help customers deploy enterprise-wide 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. environments. The new initiative provides customers with the ideal solution set to create Application Service Networks that support the growing demand for managing SOA infrastructures on a global scale. Blue Titan's Network Director RM(TM) 3.5 solution offers out-of-the-box integration with IBM's WebSphere(R) MQ product and leverages IBM's time-tested messaging and queuing technology to deliver core reliable messaging aspects, using MQ for durable queuing. Network Director RM 3.5 is integrated with MQ to provide functionality, while at the same time enabling all services to benefit from Network Director's Policy Enforcement Framework. Additionally, Network Director can be deployed using the WebSphere(R) 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. runtime environment A configuration of hardware and software. It includes the CPU type, operating system and any runtime engines or system software required by a particular category of applications. See runtime engine. and with the IBM WebSphere(R) Application Server, where it leverages the core capabilities of the WebSphere Application Server product suite. "The combination of Blue Titan's Network Director RM 3.5 offering and IBM's WebSphere products and services provide our customers with the ability to successfully implement global-scale service networks that fully deliver on the benefits of SOA," said Glenn Hasen, 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 Blue Titan. "We look forward to continuing to work with IBM to deliver superior SOA solutions to the market." Blue Titan believes the standards put forth by 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 and supported by IBM have the greatest likelihood of widespread adoption. The company maintains a firm commitment to utilize WS-I standards across its entire product set. The announcement follows the IBM SOA initiative recently launched to help IBM Business Partners like Blue Titan accelerate SOA deployment across new and existing customer bases. Blue Titan is among the first of these Business Partners to take advantage of these new resources and is working in conjunction with IBM to engage customers in the banking, retail and automotive markets. Blue Titan is also continuing to add significant clients in other markets such as Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals, an IBM Global Services IBM Global Services is the world's largest business and technology services provider. It is the fastest growing part of IBM, with over 190,000 professionals serving customers in more than 160 countries. outsourced client. "Blue Titan's infrastructure is built with global, enterprise-wide SOA solutions in mind," said Ronald Schmelzer, Senior Analyst with ZapThink. "This benefit is most clearly realized by customers that must rely on scalable solutions to tie their global networks together." About Blue Titan Software Blue Titan Software provides a service-oriented infrastructure that helps enterprises architect, control, share and scale applications, driving business innovation across the distributed enterprise. Founded in 2001 by enterprise software veterans, renowned business technologists and leading investors, Blue Titan Software is headquartered in San Francisco, Calif. Fortune 500 customers include British American Tobacco British American Tobacco Plc (LSE: BATS, AMEX: BTI, KLSE: BAT) is the second largest listed tobacco company in the world. It is based in London, England and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index with a market capitalisation of over £29 billion as of June 2005. , Citigroup, Overture, Pfizer, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Sony. (C) 2005 Blue Titan Software, Inc. Blue Titan, Network Director, and Network Director RM are registered and pending trademarks of Blue Titan Software, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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