Mindreef Achieves IBM ServerProven Status, Escalates to Advanced Business Partner.Underscores its Collaboration 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) and Joint Customers Such as Fireman's Fund to Drive Pervasive Quality into 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. Deployments HOLLIS, N.H. -- Mindreef([R]), Inc., which helps organizations drive quality, trust, and reuse into their service-oriented architecture See SOA. (SOA) deployments, today announced that it has achieved IBM Advanced Business Partner status and is now IBM ServerProven[TM] for Mindreef SOAPscope([R]) solutions. Through its participation in the IBM PartnerWorld and ServerProven programs, Mindreef products help companies that deploy IBM hardware and middleware solutions to: * Explore and work with existing 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. , with quality "on demand" * Conform to Verb 1. conform to - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" fit, meet coordinate - be co-ordinated; "These activities coordinate well" an organization's SOA standards and best practices * Effectively communicate and collaborate, regardless of role or location * Test and diagnose Web services throughout the entire SOA lifecycle * Solve SOA-related problems efficiently The company earned its enhanced status and was recognized for its collaboration with IBM and Webify (acquired by IBM) for Fireman's Fund, one of the nation's largest property and casualty insurer providers. By using Mindreef SOAPscope to diagnose, test and ensure quality for a Web-service based property quote service-oriented business application The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. (SOBA so·ba n. A Japanese noodle made with buckwheat flour. [Japanese, buckwheat, buckwheat noodle.] ), the team was able to automate 80 percent of its Web service testing efforts, reduce initial cost of ownership, and improve team ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). . Mindreef SOAPscope and SOAPscope Server[TM] provide integrated tools that enable quality-driven SOA by validating compliance to standards, pervasive testing and efficient problem resolution. Teams at Wachovia, Fidelity National Financial, Charles Schwab and more than three thousand customers at more than 1,200 organizations worldwide use Mindreef products to successfully build, test, and maintain high-quality Web services and SOAs. The resulting trust in SOA-based services leads to increased adoption and reuse of Web services throughout the SOA. Mindreef is also recognized as an IBM ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. partner in the PartnerWorld Financial Markets and Banking Industry Networks, to capitalize on the growing market opportunity generated by the increasing requirements of customers in these markets. "IBM sales engineers have been using Mindreef SOAPscope in the field for nearly two years for quality testing and to pinpoint issues in customers' Web services and SOA deployments," said Frank Grossman, co-founder and president of Mindreef. "IBM sets a very high standard for quality in Web services and SOA, and we're pleased that they continue to rely on Mindreef SOAPscope." The IBM PartnerWorld Industry Networks provide ISVs with comprehensive business insight, technical resources, networking opportunities, and marketing and sales support designed to help them reach more customers and close deals faster. Participants in the PartnerWorld Industry Networks can team with IBM to bring on demand solutions to market more easily and to ensure these solutions meet specific industry needs, reflecting how customers buy technology today. ISVs can sign up for PartnerWorld Industry Networks at www.ibm.com/isv. About Mindreef Mindreef, Inc. provides tools and infrastructure that help organizations drive quality into their SOA deployments. Our products enable business analysts, architects, application developers, testers, operations, and support staff to perform quality-related tasks or access quality-related artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. at any time. Mindreef products are in use by more than three thousand customers at more than 1,200 organizations worldwide. Mindreef is a private company, venture backed by Kodiak Partners. For more information, visit www.mindreef.com |
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