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IBM Fellow Reviews 'Private Cloud' Benefits at Impact 2010

2010-03-26

JBoss Updates Open Source SOA Platform for BRMS, Cloud

2010-03-25

Software AG is bringing together new dimensions of SOA and BPM with the launch of its  webMethods Communicate BPM, a product that enables companies to easily integrate their BPM and process workflows with a wide array of communications channels.  The product centrally manages BPM integrations with phone, SMS, e-mail or enterprise call centers.

ThoughtWorks Studios is shipping an upgrade to its agile test management solution, Twist 2.0, which aims to speed releases, updates and improve applications testing and quality – all by putting IT and business stakeholders on the same page.

Almost three-quarters of all government agencies say they expect to set aside budget in the next 6-24 months for mainframe modernization projects, according to a recent survey by Micro Focus. IDN looks at how mainframe spending is getting a priority as many government IT budgets remain flat or decline.

The next wave of infrastructure dubbed “Connectivity 2.0” is helping enterprises transform departmental ESBs, SOA and Cloud projects into an integrated fabric of intelligence, agility, control and adaptability, according to Marc-Thomas Schmidt, IBM Chief Architect for SOA Connectivity.  He and some 150 fellow IBM experts will discuss Connectivity 2.0 at Impact 2010 in May.

HP is offering a new Cloud Design Service, service to help companies design mission-critical cloud infrastructures for efficient, secure and reliable use of public and private clouds. Offerings encompass all major aspects of a cloud lifecycle, including feasibility and cost-estimates.

The recent wave of BPM acquisitions is setting the stage for a new dynamic for how to discuss and define BPM / SOA projects.  An executive at one still-independent BPM firm, Appian, says in 2010 BPM is “fragmenting” into two distinct segments, and that there’s plenty of room and opportunity for both to meet customer needs.   

Pacific Life Insurance Co., the firm behind the TV ads with the whale jumping out of the water, is making a big splash, thanks to service modeling projects powered by BMC Software’s Business Service Management (BSM) platform.  So far, the effort has cut more than $1 million in costs, improved quality of customer service, sped up processing and eased auditor access to data.

Even as a slow economy pressures IT budgets and staffs, a top IBM architect says customers can do “a lot…to accelerate the value of SOA.”  Rob High, Chief Architect for IBM’s SOA Foundation, shares SOA success tips at Impact2010, May 2-7 in Las Vegas.

Alchemy Solutions Inc. is shipping NeoData zLink, a new offering which makes it less risky and more efficient to migrate mainframe applications and data to Microsoft .NET.  Most notably, NeoData zLink provides capabilities to easily and accurately move partial or complete VSAM data sets to Windows or .NET, and maintain connections to related data and application logic that remains on the mainframe.

London-based Millennium Global Investments is improving compliance system by using Red Hat’s open source JBoss Enterprise BRMS (Business Rules Management System) for its mission-critical business rules repository.  MGI will standardize its business rules and bring them into a more manageable environment, officials said.

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