LOGIN | REGISTER NOW | SUBSCRIBE
 
print Printable version 
Most Read Latest News Blog Resources
Does Windows cost Microsoft opportunities?
Microsoft's decision to focus .NET on Windows is stifling innovation due to the specter of...

Mono brings .NET to Android
At Microsoft MIX, Mono will unveil the ability to port .NET applications to the Android op...

Maven Studio for Eclipse gets developers up to speed
Sonatype tool simplifies onboarding by giving developers a way to easily deploy fully conf...

Digg!  Digg
Reddit  Reddit
Slashdot  Slashdot
Share on facebook  Facebook
Share on Twitter  Twitter

InterSystems adds binary XML messaging to Ensemble


By David Worthington
January 27, 2009 — 
InterSystems, a maker of SOA infrastructure software, announced on Jan. 21 an update to its Ensemble transaction-processing platform. The update reduces the size of SOAP messages by using binary or binary-encoded XML formats, and it augments the security of transactions with WS-Security 1.1.

Many of InterSystems' customers are in the healthcare industry, where hospitals, health systems and doctors are bound by the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, said John Joseph, the company’s director of product management for Ensemble.

"Obviously the data that is being transferred is sensitive; having secure communications is important," said Joseph. "Performance is also important: The volume [of transactions] can be very large even within a single hospital network."

Further, Ensemble now offers a coordination manager for Health Level 7, a standard for exchanging health information.

Having to synchronize data across disparate systems is not a problem unique to healthcare. As such, InterSystems has extended the amount of integration protocols supported by Ensemble, with the addition of the e-business XML standards for exchanging business information.

To help improve performance, Ensemble now allows third-party SNMP-based solutions and Windows Management Instrumentation to monitor composite applications through its embedded tracking capabilities.

Many organizations are performing decision-making and data-cleansing tasks up front, Joseph explained. "That requires high-speed transactions."


Related Search Term(s): messaging, security, SOA, XML, InterSystems


Share this link: http://www.sdtimes.com/link/33217
 

Add comment


Name*
Email*  
Country     


  • Comment
  • Preview
Loading



 
 
 
 
News on Monday
more>>
SharePoint Tech Report
more>>


   

 
 
Download Current Issue
ISSUE 3/15/2010 PDF

Need Back Issues?
DOWNLOAD HERE

Receive the print Edition?


 
blogs tab
Google Code turns 5
Google Code Turns 5, and adds a Paxos Algorithm to make the system more stable and reliable.
03/17/2010 11:16 AM EST

Test your Visual Studio 2010 know-how
Microsoft is offering free beta certification exams for Visual Studio 2010.
03/17/2010 11:08 AM EST

Microsoft lifts the hood on IE9
Microsoft is previewing IE9.
03/16/2010 01:10 PM EST

 

Events calendar tab
EclipseCon
3/22/2010 to 3/25/2010
Santa Clara, Calif.
The Eclipse Foundation

DevConnections
4/12/2010 to 4/14/2010
Las Vegas
Penton Media

MySQL Conf. and Expo
4/12/2010 to 4/15/2010
Santa Clara, Calif.
O'Reilly Media

High Performance Computing Linux Financial Markets
4/19/2010
New York City
Flagg Management

Informix User Conf.
4/25/2010 to 4/28/2010
Overland Park, Kans.
IIUG