Brian Barbash

ZeroCode is a Web-based development environment that allows a team to graphically develop a Web-based database application with minimal handwritten code. The development environment is Web-based and housed on zeroCode servers. Developers build the application via the Web interface and when complete, the entire site is downloaded and installed on servers in the production environment. While developing with zeroCode, a heavy emphasis is placed on an application's design. To optimize code generation capabilities, the zeroCode environment defines a set of design rules and guidelines the development team must follow. Some examples of rules to follow include using Java naming conventions for database objects, normalizing the table structure as much as possible, and using foreign key constraints to identify relationships among tables. zeroCode is designed to isolate the ... (more)

eXtend Composer by SilverStream

SilverStream eXtend Composer is part of the SilverStream eXtend family that provides a visual development environment used to create service-oriented applications. Composer allows developers to create services that gather data from multiple disparate sources, apply appropriate business logic, and return the results. The finished components meet J2EE standards and will execute on compliant application servers. Composer explicitly supports SilverStream's eXtend Application Server, IBM's WebSphere, and BEA's WebLogic. Composer itself consists of three components: eXtend Composer, eXt... (more)

SOAPScope 3.0 from Mindreef

Since WSJ last looked at Mindreef's SOAPScope back in July '03 (Vol. 3, issue 7), much has been added in functionality and features to benefit the package. New items include integration with Visual Studio .NET, integration with the WS-I testing tools, a new Graph View for looking at historical data, and a differencing engine, among others. Overall, this is an excellent update; what follows are some of its highlights. Visual Studio Mindreef has nicely integrated access to the SOAPscope tool into Visual Studio .NET. (at the time of this writing, a plug-in for the Eclipse platform ... (more)

Forum Systems XWall Web Services Firewall

Security is important. Anyone in the business of designing, developing, hosting, or managing business applications understands this fundamental statement. Web services present unique challenges such that the integrity and security of the content of the exchanged documents is just as important as the integrity of the communications link between the trading partners. Addressing this broad definition of Web services security is the Forum XWall Web Services Firewall from Forum Systems. Within a network topology, it serves as the entry point to an enterprise's collection of Web service... (more)

Fuego Studio 5.1

Organizations large and small routinely face challenges in managing business processes. From an administrative standpoint, policies and procedures are put in place to ensure compliance. However, no matter how strictly they are enforced, there are always those who work outside their boundaries. The Fuego BPM solution helps organizations address compliance issues and business process modeling by providing a truly business-centric tool. It also provides the integration capabilities to participate effectively in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) through its native support for Web ... (more)