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OpenSpan integrates desktop apps with BPM


By David Worthington
May 5, 2009 — 
OpenSpan, a company that produces specialized middleware that service-enables desktop applications, is introducing a new version of its OpenSpan Platform in June that can integrate applications with BPM workflows and Salesforce.com services.

OpenSpan's runtime module intercepts message calls between desktop applications and the Windows operating system, and then interacts with objects in the application. Its SOA module, which was introduced last July, can inject Web services into desktop applications and, conversely, move desktop functionality into an enterprise service bus or message-oriented middleware.

An events engine collects desktop events, and a virtual broker manages service requests across multiple instances of integrations. Both Java and Win 32 applications are supported.

OpenSpan Platform 4.1, which will be generally available in June, offers a new BPM-to-desktop capability that intercepts application events and sends the events over an organization's enterprise service bus, said founder Francis Carden.

"If a financial application is issuing a new credit card, and a credit limit is issued that exceeds a value, the event can be intercepted, sent across the bus, and picked up by someone in authority," he explained.

Developers can optimize workflows by using OpenSpan's events service to gain visibility into the interaction between business users and applications, said Joe McGonnell, vice president of marketing for OpenSpan. "Low-level events can be fed into any analytics tool that you can choose."

New API integration with Salesforce permits organizations to build integration solutions from closed applications within a matter of days, said Carden.

OpenSpan automates master data management, so where Salesforce is the front end, desktop applications' records are synchronized with information from Salesforce, he explained. OpenSpan can also pull information from a desktop application into Salesforce.

This release of OpenSpan includes new adapters for BMC Remedy Service Desk v7, Oracle Forms, SAP R/3 enterprise resource planning software and SAP Web Application Server, in addition to updating the platform's integration with Lotus Notes.

OpenSpan Platform 4.1 supports TIBCO EMS, JMS, IBM-MQ and MS-MQ messaging formats, the company says.


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