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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / AUGUST 25, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 34
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Breaking News - Operating Systems
& Middleware:
Rogue Wave Launches Product For
Working With Web in C/C++
Rogue Wave Software Inc, a leading provider of reusable software components
and services that facilitate application development, announced the release of
LEIF 1.2. This version is the first deliverable in the company's new
service-based application development strategy.
Despite the growing popularity of Java and C#, C/C++ still serves as the
foundation for a significant number of mainstream business applications.
However, unlike J2EE and Microsoft .NET, which have development environments
that are rich with "out of the box" tools including those for creating Web
services, a comparable environment does not exist for C/C++.
Rogue Wave's LEIF makes Web services a viable option for the many companies
with business-critical C/C++ applications. With LEIF, organizations can expose
the functionality of C/C++ applications as Web services without major code
rewrites, permitting seamless interoperability with Microsoft .NET and J2EE
applications. Key enhancements in LEIF 1.2 include:
- GUI Project Wizard -- Introduces an intuitive graphical Project Wizard
that helps developers of all backgrounds quickly become productive
with LEIF.
- Pluggable Protocols -- Allows developers to write and use
custom
transports other than the default HTTP.
- XML Document Validation -- Ensures that XML documents adhere to
restrictions specified in the XML Schema.
- Customizable Marshaling and Unmarshaling Behavior -- Helps developers
create custom behavior for the elements in their XML documents.
- Improved Performance / XML Schema Support -- Offers improved code
generation times and runtime performance as well as broader XML Schema
support.
- HTTPS/SSL Client and Authorization Support -- Allows developers to create
secure clients.
- Improved Fault Support -- Delivers better error handling and support for
SOAP faults.
"This new release should facilitate the adoption of Web services and XML by
companies with large investments in C/C++," said Rogue Wave Senior Product
Manager Tim Triemstra. "Many companies that fit this profile understand the
promise of Web services, but have delayed adoption of this emerging technology
because of the perceived difficulty of working with Web services in C/C++. Re-
writing C/C++ business logic in Java or C# is also too costly. LEIF offers a
straightforward, cost-effective solution for bringing C/C++ applications into
an architecture that includes Microsoft .NET or Java/J2EE applications."
In keeping with Rogue Wave's cross-platform tradition, LEIF 1.2 provides
support for a broad range of operating systems and C++ compilers from vendors
such as Microsoft, Red Hat, SuSE, Intel, Sun Microsystems, IBM and Hewlett-
Packard. LEIF 1.2 is available immediately from Rogue Wave Software and
through authorized resellers. A package that includes LEIF development rights
plus one year of maintenance and support for LEIF lists at $1495 per
developer. Deployment pricing for LEIF lists at $1995 per platform, per CPU.
For more information on LEIF, visit the Rogue Wave website at
www.roguewave.com/product
s/leif .
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