February 27, 2007; 06:45 AM
LogicLibrary®, the leader in design-time SOA
governance and software reuse, today announced the availability of
Logidex™ 5.0 for .NET. This release expands
the use of Smart Controls™ to include service
consumption governance, offers SOA-based ROI metrics,
internationalization through the Visual Studio add-in, and provides more
granular control of artifacts stored in TFS. Logidex 5.0 makes it easier
than ever for developers and architects to collaborate create and manage
world-class business applications, while delivering the next generation
of design-time SOA governance via a closed loop 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 to development 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 repository and registry to feature interoperability and 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 runtime 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 for .NET includes:
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Team Foundation Server Version Control Enhancements include –
the flexibility for artifacts (both project/solution-based and
individual files) to be specified either by label or by version,
improving the visibility and management of these resources through the
Logidex Visual Studio add-in.
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Extension of Active Directory Multi-Domain Support –
which enables organizations with distributed Active Directory
domains (e.g. for multinationals or separate lines of business), to
provide integrated and seamless authentication support from a single
Logidex installation. This extension decreases deployment time while
not compromising on enterprise security standards.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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 Repositories1 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.
1 2H05 to 1H06 Magic Quadrant for
Metadata Repositories; Michael Blechar; June 30, 2005.
LogicLibrary and Logidex are trademarks of LogicLibrary, Inc.