Scotiabank, iWay SOA Projects To Help Generate $250 Million in Sales

2012-02-22

SOA Software Adds Prebuilt Governance for Microsoft .NET, WCF

2012-02-16

IDN sits down for a CEO Chat with Kapow Software Chief Executive John Yapaola to explore how Kapow’s API-less approach to integration aims to simplify real-time integration between web, cloud and even mobile resources. 

Pronger Smith Medical Care is using InterSystems Ensemble seamless platform for integration and the development of connectable applications to simplify the way it interacts with a major health information exchange. Ensemble has saved thousands in integration expenses and the new system lets its two-member IT team build new integrations in as little as 10 minutes.

Open source middleware is delivering reliable messaging and routing for the UK’s largest and newest network for roadside assistance. The Automotive Network Services, developed and managed by Apex Networks, is using FuseSource distributions of Apache projects to link 90% of the UK’s 32 million drivers with tow trucks, garages and emergency first responders.

Image giant Canon is bringing an SOA-based document imaging to enterprise IT with the goal of improving end-to-business workflows that traverse documents and applications, including ERP and CRM.  Canon’s Enterprise Application and Imaging Integration platform uses SOA technologies from Oracle Corp.

Most enterprises are actively using open source solutions across IT departments and managers say they are likely to use more, according to a survey by FuseSource Corp., a provider of Apache-based open source SOA, middleware and messaging solutions.

Japanese integrated communications and IT management provider, KVH Co. Ltd., is using a range of SOA-based software solutions from Progress Software Corp. to improve operations, boost customer service and streamline new product launches.  KVH selected Progress’ Responsive Process Management (RPM) suite and Responsive Business Integration (RBI) solution.

Enterprises are looking for more agile, cost-effective and real-time integration across multiple data types, says a study by Informatica Corp. and Aberdeen Group. Key drivers of these SOA and integration projects include: a jump in complex and unstructured data; Big Data and BI projects and higher perceived business value of data from partners and other third parties. 

Coty Inc. is using CDC Factory, a SOA-based manufacturing operations management solution from CDC Software Corp., to help the cosmetics maker operate its plants and manage SKUs and production lines more efficiently, according to a Coty executive.

FuseSource Corp. has rolled out Fuse IDE 2.0, an updated version of the Eclipse plug-in for SOA-based applications and integration projects The IDE’s update improves on a visual environment that lets developers “drop and drag” the integration and mediation components they need to connect systems.

HP continues to build out modules for its Application Lifecycle Management 11 tools suite to make SOA and cloud developers more efficient. The updates aim to accelerate and reduce costs for testing, improve agility of code updates and improve managed collaboration among teams – even across multiple development environments.