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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / SEPTEMBER 29, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 39
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Breaking News - Operating Systems
& Middleware:
Attunity Web Services Standardizes
Legacy Integration
Attunity Ltd, a leading provider of standards-based integration middleware
for
accessing mainframe, enterprise data sources and legacy applications,
announced the general availability of the Attunity Web Services Gateway, a
powerful solution to easily expose legacy applications as reusable and
standard Web Services.
The Attunity Web Services Gateway provides simple definition and seamless
deployment of legacy functions as standard Web Services. The Web Services
Gateway is an integrated component of the Attunity Connect product family and
works with all the Attunity Adapters to provide a single, unified
solution.
Features and benefits of the Attunity Web Services Gateway include:
- Automatic Web Service Generation. The Attunity solution simplifies the
generation of Web services by providing a Web Services Deployment Wizard that
automatically deploys Attunity adapters into the Web Service Gateway. The
Wizard leverages the Attunity adapter XML-based metadata, and generated
standard Web services with no coding required.
- Prebuilt Adapters to Legacy Systems. Built on the Attunity Adapter
Framework, the Gateway works seamlessly with all Attunity Connect adapters,
offering a single solution for any legacy system including IBM Mainframe
(CICS, IMS/TM, IMS/DB, Adabas, DB2, Cobol), IBM iSeries (RPG, DB400), HP
NonStop (Pathway, Enscribe, SQL/MP), OpenVMS (RMS, Oracle Rdb, DBMS), Unix and
Windows (Tuxedo, Adabas, ISAM, and any RDBMS).
- SOAP, WSDL and UDDI Standards. The Web Services Gateway is based on the
standards underlying the Web services architecture, including XML (eXtensible
Markup Language), SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), WSDL (Web Services
Definition Language) and UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery and
Integration of Web services). Legacy functions are defined as standard Web
services with WSDL definition, can be activated using standard SOAP messages
and exchange XML based data. The services can be registered in any UDDI
registry for look-up and discovery.
- Simplify Federated Data Access. Attunity provides a powerful capability to
expose any corporate data through a federated data model, transparently
mapping the request to one or more actual databases while maintaining data
integrity. Coupled with Web Services standard interfaces, Attunity reduces the
complexity for new application development and integration.
- Complete Life-Cycle Management for Web Services Integration. The Attunity
Studio is an integrated toolset for managing the life cycle of all Attunity
adapters, from metadata import, to configuration, to deployment and runtime
management. The Web Services Gateway plugs-in to this integrated GUI,
providing a unified user experience and increased productivity.
"The Attunity Web Services Gateway significantly reduces the cost and
complexity of legacy systems interoperability," said Dan Potter, vice
president of marketing at Attunity. "Our comprehensive adapter library,
together with our new ability to generate Web services with a few simple mouse
clicks, enables enterprises to begin to enjoy the benefits of Web services
with minimum investment and risk."
For more information on the Attunity Web Services Gateway and the Attunity
Connect product family, contact Attunity at info@attunity.com or
visit the
Attunity Web site at www.attunity.com.
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