LogicLibrary Introduces Logidex 5.0

October 12, 2006; 03:46 AM
LogicLibrary, a leader in design-time SOA governance and software reuse, announced the availability of Logidex™ 5.0. This release expands the use of Smart Controls™ to include service consumption governance, offers SOA-based ROI metrics, dynamic user views, internationalization, and extends Logidex’s patented reference modeling support to include the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF). Logidex 5.0 makes it easier than ever for developers and architects to create and manage world-class business applications, while delivering the next generation of design-time SOA governance via a closed loop production/consumption process.

Logidex is a design-time repository/registry with configurable governance policies that make it possible for organizations to actively track and manage services from design through deployment. Logidex’s unique combination of a repository for services production, a registry for services and artifact consumption, and automated UDDI and ESB publication options; provides governance capabilities for the entire SOA lifecycle. Logidex is the only software asset management product to feature tight integration with the industry’s major development environments, including Eclipse, IBM WebSphere Studio, IBM Rational Application Developer, Software Modeler and Software Architect, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, Borland JBuilder and SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio.

“While run-time governance and management is necessary for a successful SOA initiative, it is not sufficient. For enterprises to effectively define and manage an SOA, there must be a flexible way at design-time for consumers to provide timely feedback and enhancement requests to producers; and a system for management to control the way services are being consumed. Only with a closed-loop process at design-time can organizations ensure they are successfully managing the information flow from architecture to development to operations, and vice versa. What is needed is LogicLibrary’s NextGen Design-time SOA Governance” said LogicLibrary CEO Alan Himler.

Logidex 5.0 includes:

• Smart Controls™ for Asset/Service Consumption—organizations can now gain control over what is being consumed, minimizing or eliminating the proliferation of “rogue services” and improving service quality, usage and ROI.
• AnySource Artifact Adapter—acts as “Single Sign On (SSO)” for artifact retrieval, insulating users from the cumbersome access complexities that exist with many different systems of record (SCM systems, document management systems, etc.) and increasing the range of artifacts that can be incorporated as part of SDAs, improving user productivity and SOA usage..
• SOA-based ROI Metrics—Logidex can now quantify the costs and benefits of using services and components. We have determined that the typical effort required to create a reusable services is only 20% above that required to create a single use service, and that organizations can save 90% of their development costs for each reuse of a service when compared to new service development. These metrics are included as a configuration option in the Integrated Governance Reports.

• Virtual Asset Window™—Different roles in an enterprise require different information concerning an asset/service to facilitate understanding, governance, and consumption. To drive improved understanding of assets/services, Logidex role definition capabilities are extended to the asset/service presentation level. Logidex users can quickly and easily see only the information they need in the order they prefer concerning an asset/service. This capability broadens the types of users accessing, using and promoting services throughout the enterprise.
• Active Asset Analysis (AAA)−this feature provides organizations with a robust capability to give their assets/services a highly configurable “AAA” rating. These ratings provide detailed consumption feedback on asset/service usage which can be used to improve decision making on future SOA development efforts and prioritizing user enhancements concerning existing or new services.
• Integrated Governance Reports− feedback and traceability are key for enabling and maintaining effective SOA governance. To provide this traceability, Logidex 5.0 automatically deploys Eclipse Business Intelligence Reporting Toolkit (BIRT 2.1) –based reports. Information such as service ROI, governance activity, gap analysis all aid in IT organization in fine-tuning their SOA initiatives to maximize business value and return on investment. Customers can easily augment these automatically deployed reports with their own using BIRT’s industry-leading Eclipse toolkit.
• Internationalization− to address LogicLibrary’s growing international and multi-national customer base, Logidex has been fully internationalized and Unicode enabled. Presenting asset management and governance information to users in their preferred language expands service usage and promotion across multi-national corporations.
• Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) Support − Logidex’s patented graphical reference model search capabilities are expanded in Logidex 5.0 to include EMF-based model development. For customers that prefer open-source tools, Logidex now offers a native EMF-based modeling environment.

About LogicLibrary

LogicLibrary is the leading provider of software and services that make it possible for enterprises to manage and reuse software development assets. The company’s patented technology provides a comprehensive and collaborative approach for creating, migrating and integrating enterprise applications for use in service-oriented architecture, Web services and other software development initiatives.

LogicLibrary has been positioned in the “Leader” quadrant in Gartner Inc.’s 2H05 to 1H06 Magic Quadrant for Metadata Repositories* and maintains strategic partnerships with Microsoft, as a Premier member of the Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program, IBM, as an Advanced PartnerWorld Partner, and Serena. LogicLibrary has been recognized for three consecutive years on the SD Times 100 list of leaders and innovators in the software development industry and has integration partnerships that include Microsoft, IBM, Eclipse, BEA and Borland. LogicLibrary is headquartered in Pittsburgh, with an additional office in Rochester, MN. For more information, visit http://www.logiclibrary.com.

* 2H05 to 1H06 Magic Quadrant for Metadata Repositories; Michael Blechar; June 30, 2005.