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... the rush to service-oriented architectures (SOA). And it won't be just more software. A new layer of hardware ultimately awaits IT managers who deploy Web services, which depend on XML messaging. "We need a network that knows how to handle messages, not just packets," insists Eugene Kuznetsov, chairman and chief technology officer of DataPower Technology Inc. in Cambridge, Mass. Next quarter, DataPower will ship its yet-to-be-priced XML Concentrator chassis, which is laden with blade computers that use specialized message processors to accelerate XML performance and apply security and quality-of-service policies. Kuznetsov acknowledges the expense and headaches of adding another hardware layer inside most corporate networks, which is why DataPower is targeting Internet service providers with XML Concentrator. Service providers will be able to charge you a pretty penny for processing XML messages -- pennies you'll be glad to part with just to avoid managing more IT gear.
Wayne Ariola, vice president of corporate development at Parasoft Corp. in Monrovia, Calif., agrees that specialized hardware for message handling is inevitable. He says a full-blown SOA infrastructure is coming because of the technology's success. "The early adopters are gone, and we're off to the races," Ariola says. He claims that many companies in the race have wound up on Parasoft's doorstep because of its SOAPtest development tools. Version 4.0 ships this week, adding improved security- and penetration-testing tools. For example, you can check if your application's code is susceptible to XML bombs (messages that continually call themselves until a system's RAM is overloaded) or determine if your SOA approach complies with Web services standards. SOAPtest 4.0 starts at $3,995.

	Geoff Perlman, CEO of Real Software Inc.

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... and Macintosh clients with the touch of a button. REALbasic 2005 imports VB code and compiles versions of the program for Linux and Macintosh users. The integrated development environment from Austin-based Real Software Inc. next week ships in its final form for Windows and Mac systems and goes into beta for Linux. The Linux version will be ready for release by month's end. According to CEO Geoff Perlman, VB users who need to deploy their work on non-Windows systems no longer have to worry about virtual machines or managing Dynamic Link Libraries, because REALbasic handles those details and more. The new release adds about 100 features, such as a tabbed browser and the open-source SGLite database, and costs $395 for the Professional Edition. Perlman suggests that REALbasic also will appeal to VB coders who are unhappy with Microsoft Corp.'s forced march toward Visual Basic .Net. "VB .Net is radically different than VB 6 for most users," he says.

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