Software AG at SOA World

Weblogic Sessions at Cloud Expo OMG has approved the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN(TM)) 2.0 specification beta submission. OMG's Board of Directors approved the specification at the OMG Technical Meeting held in San Antonio, TX in September 2009. The finalization process for BPMN 2.0 is underway and the final version of the specification is expected to be adopted in mid 2010. The initial version of BPMN provided a graphical notation for specifying and documenting business processes with an emphasis on defining "orchestration processes." BPMN 1.x has been broadly adopted by the industry. OMG lists more than 60 implementations. However, BPMN 1.x did not define an interchange format to allow users to exchange models in a standard way between different tools nor did it include a native executable format. The BPMN 2.0 beta specification addresses these and im... (more)

“SOA Adoption for Dummies” Author Miko Matsumara is Featured Speaker at WSO2 Workshop on Successful SOA Implementation

Miko Matsumara, author of the popular “SOA Adoption for Dummies” book published by John Wiley and Sons, has seen first-hand the opportunities and challenges offered by adopting a service-oriented architecture (SOA). This week he will share his insights in a presentation on "SOA Adoption Best Practices: Scale, Leverage and Guidance." Mr. Matsumara will deliver his presentation as a featured speaker at the one-day SOA Workshop being hosted by WSO2 on Thursday, February 25, in downtown New York. Enterprise IT architects and software developers who attend the WSO2 SOA Workshop can l... (more)

Audacity Completes Successful Relaunch of JazzMutant Multi-Touch Media Controller

San Diego-based strategic branding agency, Audacity, inc., helps with the successful relaunch of Bordeaux, France-based JazzMutant’s flagship “Lemur”. Stantum (www.stantum.com) has been the pioneering company in multi-touch technology since 2002. In 2005 Stantum became the first company to commercially market JazzMutant’s “Lemur”, a first generation multi-touch user interface. The Lemur technology combined the music and performance worlds by allowing users to interact with their sequencers, light, and sound in an independent, creative, and original style. The Lemur offers advan... (more)

SOA Software Expands European Operation

SOA & WOA Magazine on Ulitzer SOA Software, a SOA and Cloud Services Governance provider, on Tuesday announced that it is expanding European operations with the appointment of Steve Pope as Vice President of Europe, and Simon Parker as Director Technology Europe, to support and drive the company's rapid growth in the European markets. SOA Software is expanding its European support, sales team and channel partners to meet the growing demand for SOA products. Current global alliances include IBM, Microsoft, JBoss (RedHat), and SAP. Steve Pope brings strong technology and business b... (more)

Research and Markets: Market Opportunity: Service Delivery Platforms (SDP)

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9b3800/market_opportunity) has announced the addition of the "Market Opportunity: Service Delivery Platforms (SDP)" report to their offering. Service Delivery Platform (SDP) can be loosely defined as a standards based framework that facilitates the design, development, implementation and management of services required to run the operations of network services providers. The services could range from the basic voice connectivity to the state-of-the-art rich multimedia services. SDP systems represent a cost effecti... (more)