DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / AUGUST 25, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 34    ( Table of Contents )

Breaking News - Operating Systems & Middleware:

SCO Advances SCOx Initiative With Web Service Development

The SCO Group (SCO), a leading provider of business software solutions, announced the release of a key component of the company's SCOx initiative -- SCOx WebFace Solution Suite 4.0. SCOx WebFace and other SCOx technologies provide SCO customers with a cost-effective solution to migrate existing legacy applications onto the Web, integrate service-oriented architectures, easily build next generation Web applications, and Web Services-enable SCO operating system services.

SCOx WebFace Solution Suite -- consisting of the WebFace Browser Application Platform and WebFace Studio -- adds a significant component to the SCOx Application Substrate and provides a powerful and easy way to Web Service- enable applications and SCO operating system services. SCO customers and developers can now cost-effectively create and deploy next generation Web applications in a feature-rich, secure, intelligent Web application interface. This innovative solution suite also allows SCO customers to create and deploy powerful Web Service-enabled Web applications and services on both SCO and non-SCO operating systems.

"Our overall focus has always been to deliver innovative technologies to help customers grow their business," said Bruce Grant, senior director of SCOx Engineering, The SCO Group. "Our SCOx initiative provides the technologies our customers need now to take advantage of emerging Web Services. These technologies also promise to make our operating system customers more productive, cost efficient and agile. We believe that SCOx WebFace will play an important role in delivering the type of solution that our customers need now and will want in the future."

SCOx WebFace and other SCOx technologies are built on industry standards (such as XML, SOAP and UDDI) and are supported by a highly skilled professional services team with years of experience in Java, .NET and other Web development technologies. The latest release of SCOx WebFace includes enhanced Web Services management and support. The product also includes new business components to streamline Web application development, such as multi-window interoperability, monthly calendar, stylesheets, date picker, cacheable windows (optional), enhanced grid functionality, multiple browser window support and button-triggered task execution.

"In the financial services industry, there is a strong movement toward a Web Services-enabled online environment. Web Services will allow customers to interact with their financial data in ways never before possible. Web Services will enable seamless interoperability between financial institutions, their customers and application service providers like In2M," said Nicholas Thomas, vice president and chief technology officer at In2M Corporation. "SCOx WebFace has allowed us to develop a feature-rich interface for our Mvelopes Personal online budgeting service, which interfaces with online financial institutions. SCOx WebFace is specifically designed to help Mvelopes' users have the same rich experience on the Web as they do with their PC applications."