By Denise Dubie, Network World, 10/22/07
Vendors step up to address the governance, quality and management technology triangle that ensures successful implementations.7. Mindreef's SOAPscope Server
What does the product do? This flagship software provides an integrated set of tools at the XML software layer for automated Web-services governance, testing diagnostics and support. SOAPscope enables task-oriented collaboration regardless of role, skill set or development environment -- which makes it possible to find quickly and address any performance problems that arise, the company says.
Who's using the product? Charles Schwab, Fidelity and Visa, among others.
More on Mindreef's SOA management play: ....Quality testing during and after the design phase will help IT executives guarantee SOA projects succeed and ease the management of SOA applications in production environments, industry watchers say.
"Users are telling us they really did not pay attention to SOA design-time governance at the planning stage, but as soon as they tried to ramp up production, the need was bull's-eye obvious," said Peter Kastner, an Aberdeen Group analyst, in a recent report. "Continuous testing and a ruthless focus on quality are attributes of the best-performing SOA implementations."
Quick facts on Mindreef: Since its start, in 2001, the company has established partnerships with such industry heavyweights as BEA Systems, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and Oracle. In March 2003 the company received $4 million from Kodiak Venture Partners and company co-founders Jim Moskun and Frank Grossman. CEO Lars Borgwing has served as CEO and board member of several companies, including XOsoft (acquired by CA), during the last 20 years.
The company name is meant to convey the notion of intelligent, organic growth in SOA, says Grossman, co-founder and CTO.
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