AquaLogic
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In computing
, AquaLogic comprised a software suite
developed by BEA Systems
for managing service-oriented architecture
(SOA). Following the acquisition of BEA by Oracle Corporation
in April 2008, most of the software have been renamed and the term AquaLogic is not used in any new Oracle product. New names are indicated below. The Suite included the following products:
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, AquaLogic comprised a software suite
Software suite
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developed by BEA Systems
BEA Systems
BEA Systems, Inc. specialized in enterprise infrastructure software products known as "middleware", which connect software applications to databases and was acquired by Oracle Corporation on April 29, 2008.- History :...
for managing service-oriented architecture
Service-oriented architecture
In software engineering, a Service-Oriented Architecture is a set of principles and methodologies for designing and developing software in the form of interoperable services. These services are well-defined business functionalities that are built as software components that can be reused for...
(SOA). Following the acquisition of BEA by Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
in April 2008, most of the software have been renamed and the term AquaLogic is not used in any new Oracle product. New names are indicated below. The Suite included the following products:
- BEA AquaLogic BPM suite -now Oracle BPM- offers a set of business process managementBusiness process managementBusiness process management is a holistic management approach focused on aligning all aspects of an organization with the wants and needs of clients. It promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility, and integration with technology. BPM attempts to...
(BPM) tools. It combines workflow and process technology with enterprise application integration functionality. The suite consists of tools intended for use by line-of-business personnel for creating business process models (AquaLogic BPM Designer), as well as tools for IT personnel to create actual business process applications directly from said models (AquaLogic BPM Studio). The completed business process applications, when deployed on a production server (AquaLogic BPM Enterprise Server), integrate to backend applications and generate portal views for human interactions in the process. Oracle BPM includes customizable tools for live business activity monitoringBusiness activity monitoringBusiness activity monitoring is software that aids in monitoring of business activities, as those activities are implemented in computer systems....
(BAM).
- BEA AquaLogic User Interaction -now Oracle WebCenter Interaction- is a set of tools used to create portals, collaborative communities, composite applications, and other applications that use service architecture. These technologies work cross-platform.
- BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Repository -now Oracle Enterprise Repository-, a vital element of effective Service-oriented architectureService-oriented architectureIn software engineering, a Service-Oriented Architecture is a set of principles and methodologies for designing and developing software in the form of interoperable services. These services are well-defined business functionalities that are built as software components that can be reused for...
life-cycle governance, manages the metadataMetadataThe term metadata is an ambiguous term which is used for two fundamentally different concepts . Although the expression "data about data" is often used, it does not apply to both in the same way. Structural metadata, the design and specification of data structures, cannot be about data, because at...
for any type of software asset, from business processes and Web Services to patterns, frameworks, applications, and components. It maps the relationships and interdependencies that connect these assets to improve impact analysis, promote and systematize software reuse, and measure the impact on the bottom line.
- BEA AquaLogic Service Bus -now Oracle Service BusOracle Service BusOracle Service Bus, aka OSB, is a Enterprise Service Bus implementation by Oracle.OSB, formally known as AquaLogic Service Bus, was acquired when Oracle bought BEA Systems.-Features:Oracle Service Bus provides:* Connectivity...
-, an enterprise service busEnterprise service busAn enterprise service bus is a software architecture model used for designing and implementing the interaction and communication between mutually interacting software applications in Service Oriented Architecture...
(ESB), has operational service-management. It allows the interaction between services, routing relationships, transformations, and policies.
- BEA AquaLogic Service Registry -now Oracle Service Registry- is a UDDI v3 registryRegistry-Computing:* Windows Registry, a database of configuration settings in Microsoft Windows operating systems* Domain name registry, an organization that manages the registration of top-level internet domain names...
with an embedded governance framework. It provides a repository where services can be registered and reused for developing or modifying applications.
- BEA AquaLogic Data Services Platform -now Oracle Data Service Integrator- (previously known as Liquid Data) provides tools for creating and managing different data services. It uses the XQueryXQuery- Features :XQuery provides the means to extract and manipulate data from XML documents or any data source that can be viewed as XML, such as relational databases or office documents....
language for data composition and transformation for a variety of data sources, including relational databaseRelational databaseA relational database is a database that conforms to relational model theory. The software used in a relational database is called a relational database management system . Colloquial use of the term "relational database" may refer to the RDBMS software, or the relational database itself...
s and web serviceWeb serviceA Web service is a method of communication between two electronic devices over the web.The W3C defines a "Web service" as "a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network". It has an interface described in a machine-processable format...
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- BEA AquaLogic Enterprise Security -now Oracle Entitlement Server- consists of a security-infrastructure application for distributed authentication, fine-grained entitlements and other security services. Features include allowing users to define access rules for applications without modifying the software itself, including JSP pages, EJBs and portlets.