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Flashline for SOA v5.1 includes Policy Management module, whereby policies can be applied to services and assets, and assets can be navigated graphically by policy compliance status. SOA Starter Patterns, including gateway, library, and scoreboard, form foundation for SOA programs, putting governance, lifecycle management, and measurement at core of SOA program. Extensibility Framework supports integration with Web service management tools as well as enterprise systems management technologies.
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Flashline Enhances Registry and Repository for SOA Governance and Lifecycle Management
New Flashline 5.1 Release Enables Businesses to Enforce Policy and Architecture for Effective SOA
CLEVELAND, March 20 / -- Flashline(R), the leading registry/repository provider for SOA and software reuse, today announced the immediate availability of Flashline for SOA 5.1, featuring new enhancements for governance and lifecycle management. Highlights of the new release include an enhanced policy management module, SOA starter patterns and an integration framework for enterprise systems management tools.
"Companies are implementing service-oriented architectures to fundamentally transform their businesses. To deliver on the immense promise of SOA, organizations must institute governance early in this transition," stated Charles Stack, CEO, Flashline. "The divide between design time and runtime governance is a vestige of an outmoded way of thinking. SOA requires continuous governance from plan to packet, from design to operations. This release bridges that divide enabling full-cycle SOA governance."
Flashline for SOA emphasizes the importance of SOA governance by ensuring that policies are enforced across the lifecycle, and that services align with architecture and perform in production. New features and enhancements include:
- Policy Management - 5.1 builds on Flashline's policy management capabilities, which promote interoperability, consumer trust in service quality and standards compliance. Policies can be applied to services or other assets, and assets can be navigated graphically by their policy compliance status. Sample policies for WS-I Basic Profile, Sarbanes Oxley, security and corporate quality standards have been added to help jumpstart policy management.
- SOA Starter Patterns - Flashline governance patterns -- gateway, library and scoreboard -- form the foundation for SOA programs, putting governance, lifecycle management, and measurement at the core of any SOA program. Policies, best practices, workflows and templates are available from Flashline to get companies started right with SOA.
- Integration Framework for Enterprise Systems Management Tools - Flashline has enhanced its Web service-based Extensibility Framework to support integration with Web service management tools as well as enterprise systems management technologies such as HP OpenView, IBM Tivoli and CA Unicenter. This enables Flashline to collect quality of service information from these technologies in real-time and make this information visible to consumers. This increases confidence in the use of services to promote reuse and provides architects with additional means to govern the architecture.
"Registries alone are fine for service discovery at runtime," stated Cathy Lippert, Vice President of Product Management, Flashline. "But most companies need a repository to manage the lifecycle of their service portfolio, including policies. That's how you control risk and maximize your return on investment -- by managing all of these artifacts as assets in Flashline and getting your service architecture planned right from the get go."
About Flashline, Inc.
Flashline's award-winning SOA and software asset portfolio management solutions provide enterprise-wide visibility into an organization's software assets to reduce IT costs and improve business agility. Fortune 500 companies and Federal agencies use Flashline to ensure that their project portfolios effectively leverage existing software assets to optimize business value and align with business objectives. Through patent-pending automation technology and graphical navigation, Flashline manages relationships and interdependencies among business processes, Web services, applications, other assets and projects to reduce execution risk. Using Flashline analytics, senior managers can monitor compliance and measure cost reduction and consolidation benefits of key IT initiatives such as service-oriented architecture, enterprise architecture and reuse. Flashline has pioneered full- cycle IT governance and end-to-end traceability through integrations with leading project portfolio management technologies and software development lifecycle tools. Flashline is a privately held company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. For more information visit www.flashline.com/ .
Flashline, Flashline Registry, FlashPacks, FlashTrax and Return on Software are registered or pending trademarks of Flashline, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
CONTACT: Marti Bowman of Flashline, Inc., +1-216-861-4680, or mb@flashline.com
