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February 26, 2007 | Comments: (0)
IBM expands SOA wares
IBM on Monday plans to announce another expansion of its SOA software and services.
With Monday's unveiling, the company believes it is further enabling organizations to more easily embed integration capabilities within SOA-driven processes.
Featured as part of the announcement is IBM Service Oriented Modeling and Architecture (SOMA) Version 3, developed by IBM Global Business Services as an approach to implementing a long-term plan to move to SOA. The new version supports IBM's Information as a Service concept, which is a strategy to access information independent of the source and convert it into a specific business service.
SOMA offers a blueprint for incorporating data integration and master data management within an SOA, with models that help align an architecture with business goals.
Also to be announced is WebSphere Information Analyzer, which is a new module for the IBM Information Server that helps eliminate the risk of reusing bad data. Information Analyzer profiles data and understands the quality and content of data sources while creating a metadata map of source systems, IBM said. Information Server is an IBM data integration software package.
New capabilities in IBM Information Server, meanwhile, complement IBM WebSphere Process Server to enable tighter integration between information and business processes. These services activities within Process Server expose data integration tasks from IBM Information Server so they can support capabilities within business processes. Users can browse services and view and reuse metadata and ensure efficient interaction between Web services and data integration tasks, according to IBM.
IBM also will announce an extension to Rational Data Architect to help provide more value from IBM industry-specific data models. The Enterprise Model Extender helps organizations in banking, financial markets, insurance and other industries to get more value out of IBM Industry Data Models.
IBM has had a series of programs and products targeting SOA deployments. In October, IBM grew its SOA efforts with programs, services and partner incentives that included the development of SOA Specialty Wikis for vertical industries. Last March, the company launched efforts to bring small and midsized businesses into the SOA fold.
Posted by Paul Krill on February 26, 2007 06:18 AM
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February 26, 2007
Dear InfoWorld Techwatch,
If IBM can produce a product that can compete with Windows Vista, I'd gladly buy that as an OS instead of Vista. Vista's marketing strategy is somewhat disturbing and I think that the elimination of competition is not quite the same as competetion! When one considers unlimited possibilities in terms of OS software, many conclusions can save people from the ravages of single-minded "competitorship" that engages in devious as well as subtle forms of corporate warfare (my own opinion). Let's talk about programmer opportunity!
A reader
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