Articles by Paul Maurer

'Delving' into Cretaceous Software's SOA Fast-Prototyping Toolkit

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:00:00 EDT

Dynamic languages like Ruby and Python have been enjoying a burst of popularity in the Web development community and there are a plethora of frameworks for those platforms that allow them to solve a wide variety of problems. There's one company that's building its own dynamic language from the ground up with a single-minded approach to the problem of fast prototyping for Service Oriented Architectures.

SOA Product Review — ActiveBPEL 3.0 from Active Endpoints

Sat, 26 May 2007 14:15:00 EDT

The folks at Active Endpoints carefully thought through how to support users in their move to WS-BPEL 2.0. This resulted in the ability of BPEL 1.1 and WS-BPEL 2.0 processes to co-exist during design, test, and execution in both the designer and the engine. This lets users migrate their processes at their own pace. I've been burned in the past by products that required a big bang conversion so the ability to support 1.1 and 2.0 processes easily is a huge win.

Product Review — ActiveBPEL 2.0 from Active Endpoints Excels at BPEL

Fri, 19 May 2006 12:30:00 EDT

Business process execution Language support or BPEL is at the top of every enterprise SOA punch list. It's an XML-based language designed to support long-running complex business transactions in the form of orchestrated Web Service interactions. Like most XML formats, you wouldn't want to construct and debug a process of any complexity by hand and an 'engine' is required to recognize and execute BPEL.

Product Review: "MagooClient 2.1 XML Messaging Client"

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:15:00 EST

When I first looked over MagooClient from Magoo Software, it was difficult to categorize. I expected that it would be another composite application builder, but that's not what I found. Instead I found a tool that not only allows users to interact with business processes, but that also becomes part of the business process itself. MagooClient can not only reach out and perform Web service requests, but it is designed to also be inserted in the path of XML messages.

Pantero 1.3 Shared Data Services

Tue, 28 Jun 2005 10:00:00 EDT

The moniker 'Shared Data Services' has a sexy ring to it, and in a market where service-oriented architecture is the topic du jour, you may be tempted to roll your eyes... but don't. Pantero targets an important segment where business spends $80 billion annually on integration and another $19 billion on manual reconciliation.

Adeptia BPM Server 4.1

Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:00:00 EDT

Adeptia has released the latest version of its BPM server. The Adeptia BPM server is another entry in the fast-growing market for Business Process Management Tools.

Above All Studio 2.0

Thu, 02 Dec 2004 00:00:00 EST

Much has been written recently about the business-to-business aspects of Web services, but what about the region between the Web service and the desktop? Above All Software lays claim to this 'last mile' by providing a platform for delivering composite applications.

Wisiba Web Service Management from Itellix

Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:00:00 EDT

There's a phenomenon I've witnessed again and again in my years building systems. I call it 'Guerilla IT.' Listen to my description and see if you've witnessed it inside your organization.

Glue 4.1 from The Mind Electric

Mon, 27 Oct 2003 00:00:00 EST

What do you do after you've cofounded a company that developed award-winning products for distributed computing, won a Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, and finished a book on Web services? If you're Graham Glass you start another company and continue pushing the envelope of distributed computing.

Groove Workspace 2.5 from Groove Networks

Tue, 19 Aug 2003 00:00:00 EDT

In my spare time I participate in a nonprofit entity along with a number of other busy colleagues. Most of the hard work is done in our spare time and we occasionally meet to polish the work.