LogicLibrary and AgilePath Team to Deliver First Out-Of-The-Box SOA Governance Methodology; Combination of Market Leading Logidex and the SOA Playbook Aligns People, Products and Process for SOA Enablement.

PITTSBURGH -- LogicLibrary(R), the leading provider of software development asset (SDA) management tools, today announced it will deliver AgilePath Corporation's patent-pending SOA Playbook(TM) methodology as part of the Logidex metadata repository. The combined offering will provide the industry's first out-of-the-box solution for service identification and modeling combined with service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance and enablement.

Logidex, the most widely used metadata repository for SDAs, makes it possible for organizations to govern the production process for reusable components, Web services and other assets within enterprise and service-oriented architectures. AgilePath's SOA Playbook is a comprehensive process for identifying, prioritizing, and modeling business services. Integrating AgilePath's SOA Playbook with Logidex enables developers and architects to implement SOA faster, and ensures that the new applications and software assets will work within enterprise architectures and frameworks.

"As SOA adoption increases, the ability to reuse and manage services becomes more and more important," said Eric Marks, president and CEO of AgilePath. "Businesses must have an effective process for identifying, modeling, designing and governing business services as well as a way to track which applications are using those services. The Logidex - AgilePath combination enables organizations to both scale and manage the delivery of services on a timely basis, and in a way that satisfies business priorities."

Integrating AgilePath's SOA Playbook with Logidex results in an innovative solution that brings "top-down" and "bottom-up" processes together, leveraging Logidex's patent-pending Graphical Reference Model and Smart Controls(TM). This combined methodology features a "top-down" approach including service identification and modeling that results in the creation of a reference model or service map that accurately depicts critical business services, along with a "bottom-up" approach focusing on automating appropriate SOA governance and design-time policy enforcement over the targeted services. LogicLibrary makes it possible for organizations to govern the entire production process throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC). This helps customers maintain control of enterprise development assets, improve time to market and maximize technology investments.

"SOA governance is a crucial component in the transition to an environment where business services are repeatedly reused," said Greg Coticchia, president and CEO of LogicLibrary. "It is imperative that SOAs are built to meet business needs and the business requirements drive the IT solutions, not visa versa. AgilePath is a leader in helping companies plan and implement SOAs. The combination of LogicLibrary and AgilePath's SOA Playbook provides the perfect mix of process, technology and methodology to ensure the applications match the business goals."

Logidex is a collaborative SDA management solution that simplifies the creation, integration, governance and security of enterprise applications throughout the complete application lifecycle. Its powerful mapping and discovery engine gives businesses and government organizations the ability to identify, manage and control the design, development and consumption of services throughout the distributed enterprise. Logidex is the only software asset management product to feature tight integration with the industry's leading development environments, including Eclipse, IBM Rational Application Developer, Rational Software Modeler and Rational Software Architect, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and SAP NetWeaver Studio.

About AgilePath Corporation

AgilePath Corporation is the leading vendor-independent management consulting firm focused exclusively on Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Founded in 2003, AgilePath's mission is to help business and IT executives understand, plan for and implement SOAs. AgilePath's thought leadership, business focus and patent pending methodologies lead to clear business results from SOA investments. AgilePath is based in Newburyport, Massachusetts