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LogicLibrary Announces Logidex 3.5 For J2EE, .NET
LogicLibrary, a provider of software asset management tools, announced the
release of Logidex 3.5 for J2EE and .NET platforms and development
environments. Featuring compliance with the WS-I Basic Profile, UDDI
governance, support for SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio and enhanced search
capabilities, Logidex 3.5 enables organizations to more effectively build and
manage service-oriented architectures (SOAs).
WS-I Basic Profile, released by the Web Services Interoperability
Organization, consists of a set of non-proprietary specifications and
principles that promote interoperability among Web services. WS-I Basic
Profile compliance means Logidex users, working within the integrated
development environment (IDE) of their choice, can connect to and manage
Logidex metadata repositories hosted on different platforms -- providing
unparalleled flexibility for enterprises moving forward with Web services and
SOA projects.
"As companies have begun to develop and deploy Web services and SOAs, there
has been an urgent need for a single, standardized foundation that can be
implemented today and built upon later as standards continue to mature," said
Brent Carlson, vice president of technology and co-founder of LogicLibrary.
"The WS-I Basic Profile fits this need, and Logidex 3.5 is the only software
asset management solution that complies with it. This new cross-platform
interoperability functionality offers our customers the ultimate flexibility
in implementing Web services and frees them of the inherent limitations of
tools that cannot interoperate across .NET and J2EE."
Corporate computing environments are increasingly heterogeneous. According to
Gartner Inc, through 2007, 95 percent of midsize to large businesses will
leverage Microsoft and Java technologies as integral elements of e-business
strategies (0.8 probability). As the industry's premier collaborative software
development asset (SDA) management solution for development, reuse and SOA
projects, Logidex features tight integration with industry-leading IDEs
including Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, IBM WebSphere Studio, IBM Rational
XDE, SAP NetWeaver and Eclipse.
Logidex 3.5 also includes:
- UDDI Governance -- New capabilities for governing the UDDI publication
process enable customers to automatically control the publication of Web
services to their UDDI registries. This improves the management of operational
UDDI registries and seamlessly ties together the development and operational
views of Web services within the enterprise.
- Open Source License Compliance (OSLC) Module -- The OSLC Module provides a
set of compliance checklists for all developers and QA teams to review when
using open source software in their development projects. The checklist covers
ten of the most widely used open source licenses and provides guidelines for
proper usage, helping enterprises minimize the risks and reap the benefits of
using open source software.
- Enhanced Asset Search -- Complementing Logidex's already powerful search
capabilities are two new search-related features in Logidex 3.5: Advanced
Query and Asset Discovery Alerts. The Advanced Query options allow users to
search across all asset metadata and narrow their search to specific metadata
elements as desired, further increasing the precision and accuracy of their
searches. In addition, searches can now be marked as "alertable," so users are
notified when a newly published or updated asset meets the search criteria
they have specified.
- Logidex Open Event Notification Framework -- By exposing the Logidex
SOAP-based event engine, now all "events of interest" are available for
integration and tracking purposes. Customers have access to a configurable
audit trail of all Logidex-related activities, wide-ranging event
notifications based on specific installation requirements, and easy
integration of Logidex with external workflow and orchestration tools. This
new feature enables organizations to expand their use of Logidex across the
enterprise by enabling them to report on a wide variety of activities and
easily integrate Logidex with their existing workflow products.
- SAP NetWeaver Support -- This new Logidex Plug-in is an enhancement that
tightly integrates with SAP's NetWeaver Developer Studio 2.0.4. Unlike other
tools, Logidex is launched from within NetWeaver Developer Studio, allowing
SAP developers to directly access all Logidex functionality, such as advanced
search capabilities, Active Design and asset selection and deployment, without
ever leaving their IDE. Using wizards provided by the Logidex plug-in, SAP
developers can quickly and easily capture and consume various types of assets
and artifacts including SAP J2EE projects, Web Dynpro projects and components,
xApps and SAP patterns. This powerful Logidex capability allows SAP NetWeaver
users to easily share and use assets and components in their reuse and SOA
initiatives, increasing their productivity while reducing application delivery
times.
"Implementing a successful service-oriented architecture requires discipline,
governance and teamwork across IT and business organizations," said Jason
Bloomberg, senior analyst with ZapThink LLC. "Business users, application
developers, portal developers and security experts all must operate as a
cohesive unit in order for an SOA to realize its potential. Software asset
management solutions such as Logidex provide the necessary governance and
discipline to achieve the desired effects of an SOA, namely IT capabilities
that achieve the long sought-after goal of reuse and meet the needs of
continuously evolving business requirements."
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