Buzzeo Inc. Partners with Cape Clear Software to Provide the First End-to-End, SOAP-to-CORBA Development Solution.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 2000 Buzzeo Inc., a leading designer of Internet technology solutions, Friday announced its partnership with Cape Clear Software(TM), a leading supplier of XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. infrastructure technology, to simplify and accelerate the development process for enterprise application developers. "We are excited about the opportunity provided by this alliance to integrate our powerful ZEO ZEO Zope Enterprise Objects ZEO Z Education Online (website) ZEO Zero Emissions Operation CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) A software-based interface from the Object Management Group (OMG) that allows software modules (objects) to communicate with each other no matter where they are located on a private network or the global Component Wizard(TM) with CapeConnect(TM)," said Mike Huestis, Buzzeo chief technical officer. The integration combines ZEO CORBA Component Wizard's design and client/server generation capability with the CapeConnect functionality for creation of SOAP-enabled HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. clients accessing CORBA back-end systems. "This is an excellent use of CapeConnect to provide the first end-to-end CORBA development solution to allow developers to build complete, SOAP-enabled CORBA solutions directly from a graphical environment," said John McGuire, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. at Cape Clear Software. The ease of use resulting from the combined ZCCW/CapeConnect code and HTML generation represents a significant enhancement over "traditional" command-line component development environments. In addition, the SOAP connectivity provided by the CapeConnect "SOAPDirect" toolkit will allow servers created using ZCCW to be accessed from XML-based applications. "CORBA and EJB (Enterprise JavaBeans) A software component in Sun's J2EE platform, which provides a pure Java environment for developing and running distributed applications. EJBs are written as software modules that contain the business logic of the application. will continue to be the dominant enterprise component architecture behind company firewalls," said Huestis. "Additionally, SOAP's XML-over-HTTP distributed protocol is emerging as the standard for business-to-business and business-to-consumer Web-enabled applications." CapeConnect unites applications, Web pages and middleware components around a standards-based XML model. "The SOAP-to-CORBA code generation and integration capabilities of the ZEO CORBA Component Wizard and Cape Clear's CapeConnect will greatly accelerate the time-to-market for applications that need to leverage these powerful technologies," said Bob DeAnna, Buzzeo's vice president of Product Architecture. "Therefore we also will be integrating CapeConnect into ZEO's Enterprise Bean Wizard, which will be released as part of ZEOLogix early in 2001. The ZEO CORBA Component Wizard automatically generates IDL (1) (Interface Definition Language) A language used to describe the interface to a routine or function. For example, objects in the CORBA distributed object environment are defined by an IDL, which describes the services performed by the object and how the data while stepping the developer through the specification of a CORBA object's interface; hides the complexity of CORBA programming by automatically generating CORBA IDL files, stubs, and skeletons; provides a helpful "tree" view for navigating interfaces; supports the four most common methods for connecting to the server: IOR IOR Indian Ocean Region IOR Improved Oil Recovery IOR Interoperable Object Reference IOR Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli (Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Italy) IoR Institute of Refrigeration (UK) Bootstrap, COS Naming, JNDI (Java Naming and Directory Interface) A programming interface (API) from Sun for connecting Java programs to naming and directory services such as DNS, LDAP and NDS. , and POA with an ID Bootstrap; uses the CORBA Interface Repository (IFR IFR abbr. instrument flight rules ) information stored in an XML file to map an object to any ORB that is CORBA 2.3 compliant; presents the developer with all pre-existing CORBA metadata for optimum reuse; and establishes a robust foundation for future enhancements that will keep pace with CORBA's growing set of standards. About Buzzeo Inc. Buzzeo Inc. is a software development company comprised of two distinct business units -- (1) a division focused on delivering business and technology solutions that are based on the CORBA(R) specification, and (2) a division that markets a suite of Web-based applications for higher education. Buzzeo's ZEOLogix(TM) technology includes powerful Java(TM) and CORBA(R)-based tools for the development, deployment and management of Web-based, mobile applications. Founded in 1993, the company is headquartered in Scottsdale, with a development lab in New Jersey. For additional information, please go to www.buzzeo.com. About Cape Clear Software Cape Clear Software will be the driving force behind Web Native applications. Web Native applications harness the speed, ubiquity and structure of the Internet to redefine how business is done. Cape Clear's first product, CapeConnect, is an XML Business Server that provides the capability to create, compose, customize and integrate Web Native applications. With CapeConnect, popular 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. and CORBA components can now be easily exposed as "web-services" to cooperate in collaborative business-to-business (B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business ) interactions. The company is privately held with offices in Dublin, Ireland and subsidiaries in London and Campbell, Calif. http://www.capeclear.com. All product names and services noted are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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