Red Oak Software and Killdara Introduce Web Services Solution Pack - TM -; Strategic Partnership Delivers Crucial Legacy Application Web Services.Business/Technology Editors MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2001 Red Oak Software (www.redoaksoftware.com) and Killdara Corporation (www.killdara.com) announce a technology partnership and the immediate availability of the 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. Solution Pack(TM). The Web Services Solution Pack(TM) combines the leading edge Web Services technology from Killdara with Red Oak's Application Integration Framework(TM) suite of products, resulting in a complete, easily created, efficiently managed, Web Services product. The Solution Pack produces scalable, adaptable and noninvasive non·in·va·sive adj. 1. Not penetrating the body, as by incision. Used especially of a diagnostic procedure. 2. Not invading healthy tissue. Web Services through the integration of any back end application function. Support is provided for all IBM mainframe IBM mainframes, though perceived as synonymous with mainframe computers in general due to their marketshare, are now technically and specifically IBM's line of business computers that can all trace their design evolution to the IBM System/360. , AS/400, Unix and HTML-based applications. The Solution Pack unites Red Oak's Legacy Integrator (1) In electronics, a device that combines an input with a variable, such as time, and provides an analog output; for example, a watt-hour meter. (2) See systems integrator. or Web Integrator with Killdara's Web Services messaging system Software that provides an electronic mail delivery system. It is made up of the following functional components, which may be packaged together or independently. Mail User Agent , IBX IBX Independence Blue Cross (Health Insurance Company) IBX Internet Business Exchange IBX Integrated Business Exchange IBX Inner Banks (Foundation of Renewal for Eastern North Carolina) . IBX is pure Java Refers to initiatives from Sun that specify 100% compliance with its Java specification. The goal is to maintain a consistent, single interface for Java so that all Java Virtual Machines can run all Java programs. See Holy Grail. software that supports Web Services applications in an innovative lightweight architecture. The software can operate as a container for both client and service code in order to extend application logic for use in new Web Services. Legacy Integrator and Web Integrator are also 100% Java products that enable the quick, trouble-free capture of application functionality for the creation of Java beans See JavaBeans. . By coupling these technologies, all existing legacy and web application functions can be easily captured and efficiently wrapped for publication as Web Services. The Web Services Solution Pack will help companies improve margins, reduce time to market and effectively manage their relationships with other participants in an enterprise business network by permitting them to employ Web Services to support fully automated relationships across multiple enterprises. As one of the first products to actually deliver on the promise of Web Services, the Solution Pack makes it possible for organizations to quickly and cost effectively implement a proprietary combination of messaging protocols The rules, formats and functions for exchanging messages between the components of a messaging system. The most widely used messaging protocol is the Internet's Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). , Web Services integration, application integration, data exchange, security and support for open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced . Companies using this product can easily expose local application functionality as Web Services and just as easily connect to remote Web Services. In addition, the Solution Pack supports a "pluggable protocol" architecture allowing companies to implement their choice of communications and messaging protocols through the simple modification 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. templates. The Web Services Solution Pack features: -- Broad support for open standards, such as SOAP and XML Schema, ensures that Solution Pack will interoperate with a wide array of other software products, now and in the future. -- Multiple standard communications protocols (including HTTP and Secure Sockets) provide enterprises with optimal flexibility. -- Automated integration support for all 3270, 5250, VT and HTML applications. -- Use of JMS as a pluggable transport enables easy integration with existing messaging infrastructure. -- Easy Java to XML serialization and de-serialization that dramatically shortens development time and simplifies translation between multiple data formats. -- Application code can be written in Java or a variety of scripting languages, including JavaScript, VBScript, Python, Tcl and PerlScript. -- XML configuration files and service descriptors for rapid development and ease of administration. "Red Oak and Killdara understand that Web Services will allow the seamless interconnection in·ter·con·nect v. in·ter·con·nect·ed, in·ter·con·nect·ing, in·ter·con·nects v.intr. To be connected with each other: The two buildings interconnect. v.tr. of all business data, applications and processes across the Internet. We have both engineered our products with the philosophy that inter-enterprise interactions are not simply point-to-point, but more importantly, will involve multiple enterprises, each of which has made different infrastructure choices and investments," said Killdara's Geoffrey Smith Geoffrey Smith (1943, Michigan — ) is a radio presenter, author and former jazz percussionist currently working in the UK. Smith is the regular host of BBC Radio 3's Jazz Record Requests and also hosts other programmes on the network. . "By combining our products into the Solution Pack, we have developed a flexible, secure and cost effective means for capturing application functionality as Java beans and sending, receiving, routing and transforming messages to and from them over a business network - the first real-world integrated solution for making Web Services work." "By joining our technologies, Killdara and Red Oak have created the first solution for capturing applications and making them available to employees, partners, vendors and suppliers over the Web as true Web Services. Our experience with application integration, with Legacy Integrator and Web Integrator, is a natural fit with Killdara's industry leading Web Services capabilities. By using our combined products, companies will be able to benefit from real results - rapidly, efficiently and effectively," said George Cummings, chief executive officer of Red Oak. Pricing and Availability: The Web Services Solution Pack is available immediately through Red Oak. Introductory pricing starts at $25,000. For more information, call Red Oak at 877-660-4801. About Red Oak Software, Inc. Red Oak Software is a leading solutions provider for Web Services and a pioneer in both terminal-based and browser-based Legacy application integration. Red Oak's Application Integration Framework, comprised of the Legacy Integrator(TM) and Web Integrator(TM) eBusiness integration products, enables large corporations to leverage their investment in all legacy systems and extend their reach to those production applications critical to the delivery of Web Services. Red Oak Software is privately held and financed through private investment and venture capital from Opticality Ventures of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Red Oak is headquartered in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey Mountain Lakes is a Borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 4,256. Mountain Lakes was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 3, 1924, from portions of Boonton , with offices in Rochester, Charlotte and Chicago. For additional information, contact Red Oak Software, Inc., 115 Route 46, Suite F1000, Mountain Lakes, New Jersey 07046. Phone: 973-316-6064; email: info@redoaksw.com; or visit the Web site at www.redoaksoftware.com. Red Oak Software, Application Integration Framework, Web Integrator and Legacy Integrator are all trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Oak Software, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. About Killdara Corporation Killdara, with offices in Almonte, Ontario The former town of Almonte (pronounced "AL-mont" as opposed to the original Spanish pronunciation of "al-MON-tay"), in Ontario, Canada, is now a ward of the town of Mississippi Mills, which was created on January 1, 1998 by the merging of Almonte with Ramsay and Pakenham townships. , and New York, NY has earned a solid reputation on the cutting edge of Web Services with dozens of conference presentations and tutorials. Killdara's focus is practical, highlighted by our participation in ten public interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. demos for ebXML, Health Level 7, the Open Applications Group and other standards groups. These demos allowed Killdara to demonstrate compatibility with forty-plus other XML and EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) Refers to various techniques used to share data and business processes in large enterprises. When companies acquire another organization, disparate information systems have to be made to work together. vendors. (http://killdara.com). Killdara is now delivering product to customers building large-scale, secure XML connectivity networks. Many of the world's most successful enterprise software vendors and consultants have selected Killdara to provide a secure messaging layer to their projects, especially in the demanding healthcare sector. Killdara Corporation is privately held and financed through venture capital from Toronto based Primaxis Ventures www.primaxis.com, and Launchworks www.launchworks.com. |
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