Top SOA Vendors Endorse LogicLibrary Design-Time Repository and Registry Approach to SOA Governance.PITTSBURGH -- Blue Titan Software, Metallect and TopCoder Join LogicLibrary in Promoting End-to-End Governance for Software Development Lifecycle LogicLibrary(R), the leader in SOA governance Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) governance is a concept used for activities related to exercising control over services in a SOA. SOA governance can be seen as an overlay on IT governance, but its focus is more organizational, since services are closely related to business activities. and software reuse The ability to use software routines over again in new applications. This is one of the benefits of object technology. See object-oriented programming. , today announced that Blue Titan Software(R), TopCoder(R) and Metallect(R) join the company in supporting an end-to-end approach to SOA governance, from development through deployment. Logidex provides both repository and registry functions at the design and development phase of an asset or service. A well-designed repository/registry is where everything comes together on the architectural/development side of 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. ; where new assets can be proposed and managed through their development and deployment lifecycle, and then exposed to downstream application developers directly within their integrated development environments See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment . Logidex specifically supports the production, distribution and consumption model that is core to SOA. Logidex's repository capabilities allow organizations to effectively manage the governance processes involved in the services production of the software development lifecycle, applying not only to deployed services but also services under development or architectural review The Architectural Review is a monthly international architectural magazine published in London since 1896. Articles cover the built environment which includes landscape, building design, interior design and urbanism as well as theory of these subjects. . For asset consumption, developers need an easy way to access artifacts artifacts see specimen artifacts. , which are usually stored in other systems of record, such as source change management or document management systems. In this case, for asset and artifact A distortion in an image or sound caused by a limitation or malfunction in the hardware or software. Artifacts may or may not be easily detectable. Under intense inspection, one might find artifacts all the time, but a few pixels out of balance or a few milliseconds of abnormal sound consumption, Logidex acts as a registry because it points to the artifacts in its own local repository and other externally integrated repositories. "The primary benefits of SOA are service integration and reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. . Industry standards and partnerships are the key enablers for these benefits," said Julie Craig, senior analyst at Enterprise Management Associates. "The integrated platform created by LogicLibrary, Blue Titan, TopCoder and Metallect is significant because it gives customers a registry/repository combination that facilitates requirement-to-retirement governance of software development assets (SDAs). Logidex provides the registry/repository, TopCoder contributes software component catalogs, Metallect adds discovery and dependency mapping and Blue Titan supplies the SOA fabric. Together, they yield a low-risk SOA solution that provides substantial value to customers." Enhanced integration among these companies' products with Logidex enables customers to cut costs and reduce project risk, while accelerating 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). and alignment with strategic business goals. These integration points make performance, routing and policy information about a deployed service available to architects, designers and developers so that services can be managed, maintained and versioned more effectively. As a result, application developers can make better informed decisions about service usage in the application development lifecycle. "The success or failure of an enterprise's SOA is based upon the ability of that architecture and its underlying implementations to meet business objectives of improved flexibility, reduced costs and accelerated ROI. By combining operational and design-time governance across SOA projects, businesses are better equipped to achieve these objectives," said LogicLibrary CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Greg Coticchia. "Tighter integration will provide a complete end-to-end SOA governance platform that spans the application development lifecycle - from functional requirements See information requirements and functional specification. (specification) functional requirements - What a system should be able to do, the functions it should perform. through design and development to operations and deployment - and help organizations gain greater business value from their SOAs." The integration of LogicLibrary's Logidex with Blue Titan Network Director(TM) provides customers with end-to-end governance for their SOA solutions. The integration of the two product's repositories leverages Logidex's development/design-time metadata and Network Director's run-time metadata to deliver a consolidated and coordinated view of SOA governance activities. As a result, IT can be better aligned with business needs. "True SOA governance requires end-to-end control of metadata," said Blue Titan CEO Frank Martinez. "The combination of Blue Titan Network Director with LogicLibrary's Logidex delivers this comprehensive governance solution." The integration of Logidex with TopCoder's software component catalogs will give application developers and architects unparalleled resources for delivering custom applications built from existing assets. In addition to being able to discover and manage internal software assets, Logidex users will be able to search the TopCoder .NET and 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. component catalogs for software assets that align with a company's business needs. "We are excited about the advances of SOA and SOA governance in the enterprise application space," said Mike Morris, vice president of software development for TopCoder Software, Inc. "TopCoder's focus on metrics metrics Managed care A popular term for standards by which the quality of a product, service, or outcome of a particular form of Pt management is evaluated. See TQM. , ROI, developer performance and component-based development align perfectly with the goals of the SOA Governance Coalition." The Metallect IQ Server(TM) lends complementary functionality to Logidex by generating and maintaining a current architectural system of record that provides insight for dependency mapping, impact analysis and reporting. Resources resident in IQ Server can be selected and promoted to populate To plug in chips or components into a printed circuit board. A fully populated board is one that contains all the devices it can hold. the Logidex repository, leveraging the reuse of current software assets. "Many organizations lack visibility into the inner-workings of their existing applications and the software assets that they already have, impeding im·pede tr.v. im·ped·ed, im·ped·ing, im·pedes To retard or obstruct the progress of. See Synonyms at hinder1. [Latin imped flexibility, consuming resources, and driving cost," said Guy Hoffman, president and CEO of Metallect. "IQ Server provides organizations insight into their existing software assets that can be leveraged and reused as part of an SOA governance initiative to reduce cost, cycle-time and risk. Combining that with LogicLibrary's expertise in managing software development assets provides superior control and knowledge over applications, allowing them to be utilized to their maximum potential." The most widely-used metadata repository for software development assets (SDAs), Logidex features integrated registry/repository functionality and configurable governance policies that make it possible for organizations to actively track and manage services throughout their lifecycle. Featuring tight integration with the industry's leading development environments, Logidex simplifies the creation, integration and governance 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. About Blue Titan Software, Inc. Blue Titan Software(R): The Services Networking Company(TM) was founded in 2001 to deliver service-oriented architecture See SOA. (SOA) infrastructure software that enables the creation of open, scalable and flexible services networks. This allows organizations to more easily share services across diverse computing environments. A services network enables seamless communication within an SOA, and delivers high levels of service sharing that yield a highly efficient SOA. Blue Titan Network Director(TM), a fifth generation product, is successfully deployed in production at Global 2000 customers including British American Tobacco British American Tobacco Plc (LSE: BATS, AMEX: BTI, KLSE: BAT) is the second largest listed tobacco company in the world. It is based in London, England and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index with a market capitalisation of over £29 billion as of June 2005. , Pfizer, and Yahoo. For more information, visit www.bluetitan.com. About TopCoder, Inc. TopCoder is the recognized leader in identifying, evaluating and mobilizing effective software development resources. Through its proprietary programming competitions and rating system, TopCoder recognizes and promotes the abilities of the best programmers around the world. TopCoder Software harnesses the talent of these developers to design, develop and deploy software through its revolutionary competitive development methodology. TopCoder's methodology emphasizes thorough specification and design, distributed development This article has multiple issues: * It does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by citing reliable sources. * Very few or no other articles link to this one. using reusable re·use tr.v. re·used, re·us·ing, re·us·es To use again, especially after salvaging or special treatment or processing. re·us components, and a rigorous quality assurance review process and results in higher quality, lower cost software solutions than traditional software development methodologies. For more information about sponsoring TopCoder Events, recruiting TopCoder members and utilizing TopCoder Software, visit http://www.topcoder.com. About Metallect Corp. Metallect offers a unique software solution that dramatically lowers the risk and cost of business disruption related to modifying and extending business-critical systems. Metallect's IQ Server software efficiently generates and maintains an enterprise-wide, architectural system of record. IQ Server reduces uncertainty for stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. throughout the software development lifecycle by applying advanced semantic inferencing and meta-modeling to automatically map dependencies, enable impact analysis, and capture as-built changes within and across applications, databases, technologies and languages. IQ Server arms enterprise architects with the actionable insights they need to drive agility, lower costs, and safely guide the organization through the ongoing process of aligning critical applications with business needs. For more information, please visit: http://www.metallect.com. About LogicLibrary LogicLibrary is the leading provider of software and services that make it possible for enterprises to manage and reuse SDAs. The company's patent-pending technology provides a comprehensive and collaborative approach for creating, migrating and integrating enterprise applications for use in service-oriented architecture, 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. and other software development initiatives. LogicLibrary has been positioned in the "Leader" quadrant quadrant, in analytic geometry quadrant. 1 In analytic geometry, one of the four regions of the plane determined by two lines, the x-axis and the y-axis. in Gartner Inc.'s 2H05 to 1H06 Magic Quadrant The Gartner Magic Quadrant is a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner Inc., a US based research and advisory firm. It is designed to provide an unbiased qualitative analysis of a “markets’ direction, maturity, and participants. for Metadata Repositories(a) and maintains strategic partnerships with Microsoft, as a Premier member of the Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP VSIP Visual Studio Industry Partner (Microsoft) VSIP Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park VSIP Visual Studio Integration Program (Microsoft) VSIP Voluntary Separation Incentive Program ) program, 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) , as an Advanced PartnerWorld Partner, and Serena. LogicLibrary has been recognized the past three years on the SD Times 100 list of leaders and innovators in the software development industry and has integration partnerships that include Microsoft, IBM, Eclipse and Borland. LogicLibrary is headquartered in Pittsburgh, with an additional office in Rochester, MN. For more information, visit http://www.logiclibrary.com. (a) 2H05 to 1H06 Magic Quadrant for Metadata Repositories; Michael Blechar; June 30, 2005. LogicLibrary and Logidex are trademarks of LogicLibrary, Inc. All other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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