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Ubiquitous Computing: Removing the Final Roadblock White Paper: Integrating Closed Systems with Edge Devices & XML»rank: 6084517by: ZapThink, Jason Bloomberg, Ronald D. Schmelzer
: :Ubiquitous computing -- connecting all the systems in an enterprise into a single, well-oiled IT infrastructure that responds quickly and efficiently to the needs of the business -- is one of the primary goals of many IT managers today. After all, todays economy is information-based, and the better a company can leverage the information it has in its systems, the more competitive it will be.For ubiquitous computing to be a reality, however, companies must address many tough issues. Systems must communicate with each other. There must be a flexible, resilient ... |
ZapNote: HyperVision ZapNote: Automating Valid XML Document Creation within Microsoft Word»rank: 5782759by: ZapThink, Ronald D. Schmelzer
: :Many of the documents of value created within an organization come from those that work directly with customers or end users. These non-technical document authors prefer to use common word processing tools to meet their needs, but they lose many of the features and capabilities that XML can offer organizations. Thus, the challenge is allowing users to create documents that take advantage of XML without requiring them to use a new, unfamiliar tool set. HyperVision has created the WorX suite of products to meet the need of document authors to ... |
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ZapNote: UDICo ZapNote: Enabling the Creation of Web Services Middleware (AKA Turning Word and Excel into Web Services Clients)»rank: 6084202by: ZapThink, Ronald D. Schmelzer
: :While real-time message-based architectures are great for distributing on-line transactions, however its capability for handling high volume loads comes into question. One of the vendors solving this problem is the Universal Data Interface Company (UDICo). Their product, TierBroker, can process large volumes of data using a mechanism that creates middleware that connects directly to data sources and exposes them as Web Services to end clients in a small footprint that can be embedded in Excel and Word applications. The product can talk to XML as well as non-XML systems, message-oriented ... |
ZapNote: Commerce.Net ZapNote: Redefining Online Purchasing»rank: 6084202by: ZapThink, Ronald D. Schmelzer
: :While there no doubt are more than a handful of XML-based eBusiness and e-Commerce specifications, OBI differentiates itself by focusing on the business processes and data sets required to support catalog, configurator, and other e-Procurement transactions expressed in ANSI x12, UN/EDIFACT 96A and XML. The OBI specification facilitates Internet-based transactions between trading partners, particularly with key contracted suppliers of commodity goods and services. The standard specifically targets the transactions of indirect materials, including maintenance, repair, operations (MRO) materials, and office and laboratory supplies. |
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ZapNote: Chrome Systems ZapNote: An XML-based Automobile Configuration Format»rank: 6084202by: ZapThink, Ronald D. Schmelzer
: :Many XML formats have been created in attempts to standardize various industries (over 500 by ZapThink's latest count), but none have squarely addressed the needs for configuration and "order option rules" for the automotive industry. As such, Chrome Systems, a leader in automotive configuration software has created and released AutoTransmission, an XML format for specifying rules for ordering configurable automotive components. While specific to the automotive industry, much can be learned from how Chrome Systems has approached this specific need, and many of the elements may be applicable to other ... |
ZapNote: WestGlobal ZapNote: Managing the Business Functionality of Web Services»rank: 6084202by: ZapThink, Jason Bloomberg
: :Many vendors approach the problem of managing Web Services from the technology perspective. After all, Web Services expose IT resources in an IT infrastructure. WestGlobal, however, takes the perspective of the business user. Their view is that Web Services expose business functionality that serves the needs of the enterprises lines of business. Therefore, WestGlobals management platform enables business managers to control how well an enterprises Web Services infrastructure is meeting business requirements such as customer satisfaction, revenue generation, and cost savings. After all, the business should drive the technology, not ... |
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EDS: SOA as Strategic Offering for IT Outsourcer ZapNote»rank: 6084202by: ZapThink, Jason Bloomberg
: :EDS considers itself to be a long-term IT outsourcer and IT service provider, and places its Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) consulting work in that context. EDS leverages its deep knowledge of legacy systems to expand the solutions it can offer its outsourcing clients, and SOA is the best way to accomplish this goal. Because of EDSs legacy expertise, much of their interest and active projects center on exposing legacy data and functionality within an SOA. EDS offers SOA enablement of existing legacy assets that in many instances they are maintaining for ... |
ZapNote: Nimble Technology ZapNote: Querying Heterogeneous Data Sources»rank: 6084202by: ZapThink, Ronald D. Schmelzer
: :Nimble has released the Nimble Integration Suite, which is aimed at solving the problem of using single queries to access multiple data stores and return the result in a single, manageable result using and XML-based mediated view of information. This solution provides an interesting approach that solves Enterprise and data integration challenges. |
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ZapNote: Altova ZapNote: XML Developer Intelligence with XML Spy»rank: 6084202by: ZapThink, Ronald D. Schmelzer
: :While previous versions of Altova's XML Spy product were focused on serving solely the needs of XML developers, the new version of the product adds a new market XML content creators and users. The Austrian company hopes to bring XML spy from developer-focused IDE to a comprehensive product line that covers two major markets: developers and non-technical content users. |
ZapNote: Sarvega ZapNote: Intelligent XML and Web Services Switching»rank: 6084202by: ZapThink, Ronald D. Schmelzer
: :Traditional network devices and appliances are ill-equipped to deal with XML and Web Services traffic since they fundamentally inspect packet-level data, rather than the content-level data that XML and Web Services represent. A new breed of network device is needed to deal with the unique challenges of handling XML on the network. XML switches, unlike their IP counterparts, are pieces of hardware equipment that provide deep XML-aware processing of network traffic at network wire speedsSarvega XPE 2000 Switches provide the specialized processing and intelligence required to transparently offload complex and ... |