Cisco bolsters SOA with Reactivity buy

“The AON platform movement hasn’t yet resulted in as much market traction as originally supposed,” says Ronald Schmelzer, senior analyst with ZapThink. “It’s possible that this acquisition can give Cisco the kick in the pants it needs to effectively take advantage of a growing opportunity for management of XML and Web services traffic.”

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Cisco To Acquire XML Gateway Provider Reactivity

“Reactivity adds robust security and policy management capabilities to the Cisco platform where it was sorely lacking,” Ronald Schmelzer, analyst for ZapThink, said in an email. Cisco’s application management platform hasn’t received the market traction as originally expected, so “it’s possible that this acquisition can give Cisco the kick in the pants it needs to effectively take advantage of a growing opportunity for management of XML and Web services traffic.”

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Cisco Fills XML Processing Gap With Reactivity

ZapThink analyst Ronald Schmelzer said Reactivity would give Cisco robust security and policy management capabilities to the Cisco platform where it was sorely lacking.

“It seems that the AON platform movement hasn’t yet resulted in as much market traction as originally supposed, and so it’s possible that this acquisition can give Cisco the kick in the pants it needs to effectively take advantage of a growing opportunity for management of XML and Web services traffic,” Schmelzer said.

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Cisco’s Reactivity Buy Further Consolidates SOA

This latest acquisition is further evidence that the markets for XML, Web services, and SOA are experiencing significant consolidation, said Ronald Schmelzer, an analyst with ZapThink. “With IBM adding Datapower to their lineup, Intel adding both Sarvega and Conformative, and F5 Networks further maturing their offerings, the addition of Reactivity to Cisco’s offerings goes a long way to signaling that we’re in the era of incumbents increasingly dominating the space once pioneered by the startups,” Schmelzer said. “Of course, there are certainly outstanding startups like Layer 7 Technologies, Forum Systems, and companies like Xambala and Tarari still making waves in the market.”

Moreover, Reactivity adds robust security and policy management capabilities to the Cisco platform where it was “sorely lacking,” Schmelzer added. “Indeed, it seems that the AON [Cisco's Application-Oriented Networking technology] platform movement hasn’t yet resulted in as much market traction as originally supposed, and so it’s possible that this acquisition can give Cisco the kick in the pants it needs to effectively take advantage of a growing opportunity for management of XML and Web services traffic.”

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Cisco Systems buys Reactivity in SOA networking play

Ron Schmelzer, senior analyst at ZapThink LLC, said the acquisition may help SONA gain traction that has so far eluded it.

“Specifically, Reactivity adds robust security and policy management capabilities to the Cisco platform where it was sorely lacking,” Schmelzer said. “Indeed, it seems that the SONA platform movement hasn’t yet resulted in as much market traction as originally supposed, and so it’s possible that this acquisition can give Cisco the kick in the pants it needs to effectively take advantage of a growing opportunity for management of XML and Web Services traffic.”

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ZapForum Webcast: “Transformation & Semantic Processing”

Guest Experts: Nash Palaniswamy, Director of System Architecture, Conformative Systems and Arvind Sinha, VP Business Development, Xambala

Topics:

• What are the key challenges of semantic integration?
• Why is transformation important and difficult?
• What are the keys to enabling efficient semantic processing and transformation?

Setting the Stage: ZapThink Analysts
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ZapForum Webcast April 2005 — Controlling Your SOA

Presentation from April 2005 Webcast, starring guest experts Dan Foody, CTO, Actional and John Derrick, CEO of Conformative. To view replay, click here

Overview:

Setting the Stage: ZapThink Analysts

Listen to ZapThink analysts Jason Bloomberg and Ronald Schmelzer talk about Structuring Your Organization to Take Control of your SOA projects. What are the changes that companies must make today in their IT organizational structure to make adopting SOA a possibility, if not a reality?

Guest Expert: Dan Foody, CTO of Actional.

Dan will address the five key tenets of achieving true command and control of your SOA environment, and provide specific guidelines to enable companies to secure, deploy and manage Web services applications across the SOA lifecycle, with solutions that meet the needs of SOA stakeholders throughout the organization.

Guest Expert: John Derrick, CEO, Conformative Systems

John will show attendees how to take control over the performance and business return of their SOA and Web Services-based systems, and in the process dramatically lower the costs associated with the deployment and management of datacenter Web Services and XML-based applications.

SOA radio

ZapThink is hosting a new series of free web radio “casts” to address some of the key issues in the field right now. Seems like a pretty good cast of participants, actually. Tune in, call in and let your opinions be heard.

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ZapThink Announces New Service-Oriented Architecture Webcast “Radio Talk Show”

April Webcast on Controlling your SOA, May Webcast on the Great Debate between ESBs and Fabrics

WALTHAM, MA, March 3, 2005 — ZapThink is announcing a refreshing, new Webcast series aimed at the rapidly growing Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) market. Run like a call-in radio “talk show”, starting in April 2005, ZapThink will host a monthly online ZapForum Webcast. Each Webcast start with thought-provoking content lead by ZapThink SOA experts. After this session, the ZapForum Webcast will feature a guest or two who will present, speak, and take Q&A from online attendees. Afterwards, the rest of the hour is open to the audience for Q&A and shared experiences, who will call in with their own SOA challenges and issues. Attendance at each Webcast is free and open to all registered ZapThink users.

“Sometimes irreverent, often controversial, but always insightful, the goal of this Webcast is to grow the network of SOA users as well as solutions providers, and provide a means for them to have a dialogue with each other,” said Ronald Schmelzer, senior analyst with ZapThink, LLC. “The monthly online, call-in talk show-style ZapForum Webcasts give SOA pioneers the chance to hear from industry experts and tell us what’s really on their minds”

The first Webcast, on April 7, 2005, will be on the theme “Controlling your SOA” and will feature Dan Foody, CTO of Actional and John Derrick, CEO, Conformative Systems, as well as ZapThink analysts and show hosts Jason Bloomberg and Ron Schmelzer. The experts will speak on Structuring Your Organization to Take Control of your SOA projects, the five key tenets of achieving true command and control of your SOA environment, and taking control over the performance and business return of SOA and Web Services-based systems. In addition, the hosts will solicit audience participation and questions throughout the show.

The second Webcast is on May 4, 2005, and is entitled “The Great Debate: ESBs, Fabrics, or Something Else?” This lively event will feature the ZapThink analysts as hosts and moderators, as well as Gordon Van Huizen from Sonic Systems, and Frank Martinez from Blue Titan. Topics discussed include the emerging infrastructural patterns for SOA implementation, how an SOA Fabric can be used to create integrated Services networks that are adaptable, scalable and resilient, and how an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) overcomes limitations of monolithic integration brokers and application servers to create an event-driven enterprise SOA. And of course, audience participation and call-in questions throughout.

Individuals or companies looking to attend or otherwise participate in the event can register online at http://www.zapthink.com/zapforum.html. ZapThink is also considering additional guest experts and sponsors for its ongoing series.

Read more at: ZapThink Press Release

Announcing ZapForum Webcasts: The Hottest New Concept for People Interested in SOA Today!

Think of a call-in radio talk show combined with presentations from ZapThink’s leading experts. Now throw in an ever-growing network of influential SOA implementers. Add insightful commentary from guest speakers, and you have a ZapForum Webcast – the hottest new concept for people interested in SOA today!

• Sometimes Irreverent
• Often Controversial
• Always Insightful

Every month ZapThink will host the online ZapForum Webcast. Each Webcast will start with thought-provoking content lead by ZapThink SOA experts. After this session, the ZapForum Webcast will feature a guest or two who will present, speak, and take Q&A from online attendees. Afterwards, the rest of the hour is open to the audience for Q&A and shared experiences, so expect to hear what’s really on people’s minds! Attendance at each Webcast is open to all registered ZapThink users!

JOIN AND LEVERAGE THE GROWING NETWORK OF EDUCATED, INFORMED, AND INFLUENTIAL INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MAKING SOA PURCHASING DECISIONS TODAY!

Read more at: ZapThink Press Release