8 MARCH, 2005

Sonic grows ESB line

Sonic Software has extended its Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)-based SOA infrastructure line with two new products: the Sonic Collaboration Server for managing partner interactions; and the Sonic Database Service, which simplifies access and re-use of relational data sources.

In addition, a new deployment tool simplifies the SOA lifecycle, making it easier to upgrade services and processes and enhancements to Sonic ESB and the Sonic Workbench increase SOA development productivity with a new uniform service invocation model that allows services of any type, from Web services to databases, to be incorporated into the ESB. Together, these help make up the new version 6.1 of Sonic's ESB.

According to Gordon Van Huizen, CTO of Sonic Software, the company claims to be the first to address what he calls the dirty little secret of SOA products on the market today - that there is no common way of working with various services. Everything from Web services to relational databases frequently require additional coding and significantly diminish SOA flexibility.

The Collaboration Server is a B2B server which integrates external business partners using B2B protocols and Web services standards. It allows an administrator to manage the partner interactions, including using partner-specific protocols and security checks, and dynamically manages partner profiles, making it easy to respond to new partner requirements without disruption of running operations.

The Workbench and ESB provide a uniform model for natively invoking services of various types, such as Web services, databases or intermediary services, allowing all types of services to participate in the enterprise SOA. It also makes it easier to incorporate all types of services into an SOA without sacrificing security or flexibility.

A new deployment tool simplifies the staged transition from development to testing to deployment, and accelerates deployment and upgrade of large-scale SOAs. The tool allows architects to establish a single, logical deployment archive for multiple physical topologies.

Sonic has also introduced the Sonic SOA Suite, a bundled product that delivers deployment flexibility and simplicity for organisations pursuing SOA projects. The suite includes Sonic ESB, Sonic Orchestration Server, Sonic XML Server and the new Sonic Database Service.
http://www.sonicsoftware/products/index.ssp.




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