Software AG Extends SOA Management with the Release of webMethods Insight
Published: 9/8/2008
- Software AG underscores long-term commitment to leadership in the SOA infrastructure market with expansion of the webMethods suite
- webMethods Insight brings unprecedented visibility and control to SOA run-time environments
- Latest release leverages out-of-the-box integration with CentraSite and builds upon new strategic OEM partnership with Progress Software for the Actional line of products
- Software AG to host a global customer webinar to review the release on September 11th
Software AG, a global leader in business infrastructure software, today announced the availability of webMethods Insight, a new solution for the run-time management of heterogeneous SOA environments. The release builds upon a new strategic OEM partnership with Progress Software for the Actional® line of enterprise-class SOA management products. webMethods Insight provides enterprises with a proven, best-of-breed solution for the monitoring, policy enforcement and provisioning of run-time services.
With deep integration with CentraSite™, a top-ranked solution for service-oriented architecture (SOA) governance available from Software AG, webMethods Insight helps users optimize service performance across the entire SOA lifecycle.
“With enterprise adoption of SOA moving increasingly to business-critical implementations, architects and application owners require far greater transparency and accountability over their distributed and heterogeneous SOA environments. webMethods Insight addresses these requirements as a means for helping enterprises consistently meet their service consumers’ expectations for reliability, performance and availability,” said Dr. Peter Kürpick, Chief Product Officer and member of the Executive Management board, Software AG. “webMethods Insight also capitalizes on out-of-the-box, field-tested integration with CentraSite.
As a result, service portfolio and change management are greatly simplified as run-time information is automatically populated and updated within CentraSite.
This also means that discrepancies, such as unknown services and unauthorized consumers, are more readily identified, investigated and resolved. The addition of webMethods Insight ultimately advances our strategy of providing the industry’s most comprehensive, end-to-end SOA infrastructure offering.”
webMethods Insight: At-a-Glance
A critical challenge confronting any SOA implementation is the need to manage services within a distributed environment for optimal performance and reliability. Lacking real-time visibility and control over the run-time environment, enterprises often struggle to anticipate operational changes, minimize subsequent disruptions, and ensure full compliance with SOA processes, policies and contracts.
webMethods Insight addresses these requirements by delivering extended visibility and control over distributed SOA landscapes. The minimal overhead required by webMethods Insight ensures more rapid deployment, ‘smart’ monitoring, and deeper management of the end-to-end SOA landscape. This is in stark contrast with earlier approaches to run-time management, which created additional cost and complexity, constrained run-time performance, and reinforced existing service silos. Integrated analytics within webMethods Insight deliver the critical insight needed to ensure both fault-free and optimal execution of service transactions. Reporting data can be consumed directly within webMethods Insight or published to CentraSite.
