Software AG, SOA Monitor, and MEGA International Accelerate SOA Adoption and Deployment.SHARON, Mass. -- MEGA International MEGA International is a leading Business Process and Enterprise Architecture software and solution provider. In 1986 MEGA developed the first European enterprise modeling software for Windows. , the global leader in business process analysis and enterprise architecture, today introduced two major 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. initiatives with Software AG and The SOA Monitor. MEGA International has joined Software AG's CentraSite[TM] Community, as a strategic sponsor. CentraSite Community, an initiative from Software AG and Fujitsu, brings partners and customers together to create a complete service-oriented architecture See SOA. (SOA) ecosystem, where customers can access information and solutions to successfully design, deploy, and manage a SOA. At the same time, MEGA International announced a business alliance with The SOA Monitor, a SOA services company that helps enterprises use SOA-based solutions to address enterprise requirements and challenges. As an innovative SOA services company, The SOA Monitor helps customers adopt and deploy service orientation through expert consulting, training, and publications. "This SOA initiative by MEGA International is unique and provides critical value to the market from industry-leading experts to deliver SOA quickly and efficiently to enterprises," noted Michelle Miakos, senior vice president, MEGA International. Through the MEGA Suite's proven enterprise architecture (EA) and business process analysis (BPA BPA British Paediatric Association. ) solutions, MEGA International offers companies a multi-layer view of their business, encompassing business strategy, operational and IT requirements, IT systems, and service specifications. This modeling solution helps enterprises understand the effects of process change before implementation, and reduce risk, costs and delays. Software AG CentraSite Community Together, Software AG and MEGA can shorten the time between business process design and implementation by automating the translation of high-level process analysis into specific business process management (BPM) steps. MEGA International will integrate the MEGA Suite and CentraSite to ensure consistent SOA implementations, from business process description to service orchestration. This will allow customers to search for the right services in the CentraSite registry and to reuse existing services in their business process optimization Process optimization is the practice of making changes or adjustments to a process, to get results. Optimization is the use of specific techniques to determine the most cost effective and efficient solution to a problem or design for a process. project. In addition, MEGA International will help design the orchestration of these services and export service definitions automatically into CentraSite using XPDL (XML Process Definition Language) An XML-based language from the Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC) for defining business processes. Whereas BPML and other business process languages are geared to Web services, the foundation of XPDL was based around a common . "All CentraSite users will benefit from MEGA International's established approach of defining business-driven services. With the MEGA Suite, customers will be able to design services that are clearly related to business functions and technical architecture, thereby eliminating the need and the risk of translating design material from one tool into a SOA implementation tool separately," explained Miakos. SOA Monitor The MEGA Suite provides the software to incorporate SOA into the business and IT models of EA. The SOA Monitor uses MEGA International's solutions to make SOA planning and implementation easier and to support the analyses required for sound business and technical decisions. The SOA Monitor also helps customers already using MEGA for process, EA, compliance, or ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. projects to launch successful SOA initiatives. "Our approach helps companies easily mix and match discrete services to create new applications or deliver new business capabilities, especially in legacy environments," explained Rob Geier, principal with The SOA Monitor. "MEGA's proven modeling expertise, combined with The SOA Monitor's discrete offerings, help customers address specific pain points and the diverse challenges of SOA adoption." The alliance is based on a unique combination of software, consulting, and training services from both companies to deliver SOA to enterprises seeking rapid deployment and better business alignment, and avoid the risk of failed initiatives. About MEGA International MEGA International (www.mega.com) is the global leader in process excellence and enterprise architecture modeling solutions. MEGA's proven methods, modeling software, and consulting deliver an enterprise repository that provides executives with the ability to understand, discover, align, and control information at the enterprise level. Founded in 1991, with offices in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, and Japan, MEGA has more than 40,000 licenses worldwide and delivers more than 15,000 consulting engagement days per year. 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