Close
  • Latest News
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Networking
  • Cybersecurity
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Storage
  • Sponsored
  • Mobile
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
Read Down
Sign in
Close
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Read Down
Password recovery
Recover your password
Close
Search
Logo
Logo
  • Latest News
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Networking
  • Cybersecurity
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Storage
  • Sponsored
  • Mobile
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
More
    Home IT Management
    • IT Management

    Grand Centrals Integration as a Service

    By
    Renee Boucher Ferguson
    -
    January 5, 2004
    Share
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Linkedin

      Web services integration software provider Grand Central Communications—responding to a growing trend—is readying what it calls “integration as a service.”

      The company will announce this week Business Services Network Version 4.0, which enables users to use Web services; legacy-system standards; and newer, emerging standards such as BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) to more quickly create and integrate business processes than traditional integration software.

      To date, Business Services Network has delivered over the Internet a standards-based technology stack that enables business processes to communicate over a network without having to use a traditional middleware infrastructure.

      Added functionality in Version 4.0 enables business process orchestration through the addition of BPEL4e (BPEL for everything) and a new visual modeling tool, ProcessExpress.

      BPEL4e helps companies define and execute complex business processes in Business Services Network regardless of end points, officials said.

      With ProcessExpress, users are provided with what is essentially a palette for laying out objects culled from private and publicly available Web services. Users can then tie the objects together through a drag-and-drop mechanism and have the objects tied back to a system of record.

      “What this [tool] lets you do is run display logic and computational logic in the browser,” said Ron Palmeri, vice president of business development at Grand Central, in San Francisco.

      Users can then link to a single discrete service or wire together a variety of services around a specific area, such as customer relationship management, creating processes that are easily shared, Palmeri said.

      Grand Centrals Business Services Directory gives users the ability to discover, access, reuse, publish and share services on Business Services Network.

      Version 4.0 also brings a broader range of connectivity options through support of the electronic data interchange Internet standard AS/2, inbound FTP and secure FTP.

      As it continues to enhance its integration-as-a-service model, Grand Central will add certification for AS/2 and support for different flavors of FTP.

      Renee Boucher Ferguson

      MOST POPULAR ARTICLES

      Cybersecurity

      Visa’s Michael Jabbara on Cybersecurity and Digital...

      James Maguire - May 17, 2022 0
      I spoke with Michael Jabbara, VP and Global Head of Fraud Services at Visa, about the cybersecurity technology used to ensure the safe transfer...
      Read more
      Cloud

      Yotascale CEO Asim Razzaq on Controlling Multicloud...

      James Maguire - May 5, 2022 0
      Asim Razzaq, CEO of Yotascale, provides guidance on understanding—and containing—the complex cost structure of multicloud computing. Among the topics we covered:  As you survey the...
      Read more
      Big Data and Analytics

      GoodData CEO Roman Stanek on Business Intelligence...

      James Maguire - May 4, 2022 0
      I spoke with Roman Stanek, CEO of GoodData, about business intelligence, data as a service, and the frustration that many executives have with data...
      Read more
      Android

      Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro: Durability for Tough...

      Chris Preimesberger - December 5, 2020 0
      Have you ever dropped your phone, winced and felt the pain as it hit the sidewalk? Either the screen splintered like a windshield being...
      Read more
      IT Management

      Intuit’s Nhung Ho on AI for the...

      James Maguire - May 13, 2022 0
      I spoke with Nhung Ho, Vice President of AI at Intuit, about adoption of AI in the small and medium-sized business market, and how...
      Read more
      Logo

      eWeek has the latest technology news and analysis, buying guides, and product reviews for IT professionals and technology buyers. The site’s focus is on innovative solutions and covering in-depth technical content. eWeek stays on the cutting edge of technology news and IT trends through interviews and expert analysis. Gain insight from top innovators and thought leaders in the fields of IT, business, enterprise software, startups, and more.

      Facebook
      Linkedin
      RSS
      Twitter
      Youtube

      Advertisers

      Advertise with TechnologyAdvice on eWeek and our other IT-focused platforms.

      Advertise with Us

      Menu

      • About eWeek
      • Subscribe to our Newsletter
      • Latest News

      Our Brands

      • Privacy Policy
      • Terms
      • About
      • Contact
      • Advertise
      • Sitemap
      • California – Do Not Sell My Information

      Property of TechnologyAdvice.
      © 2021 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

      Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.

      ×