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- 2010-08-05
The MIT System Design and Management (SDM) summer 2010 business trip kicked off at the Faculty Club with a keynote address on entrepreneurship and leadership by Mamoon Yunus (MIT Mechanical Engineering, 1993 and 1995), President and CEO of Crosscheck Networks.Yunus, who was introduced by Unatek CTO Charles Iheagwara (SDM 2010) after an opening statement by SDM director Pat Hale, saw a "gap" in the cloud computing movement and in 2004 founded Crosscheck to build technology that would scrub XML tr [...]
- 2010-07-09
Understanding Enterprise-to-Cloud Migration Costs and Risks
For CIOs, CTOs and business application architects, cloud computing has become inescapable aspect of their overall IT strategy. As businesses consider approaches to migrating parts of their infrastructure to the cloud, IT organizations wrestle with fundamental questions such as:What applications or its components should be migrated to the cloud?What should be the order/priority of migration?Which IaaS cloud provider should be selected based on application performance and reliability requirements [...]
- 2010-06-25
Europe CloudExpo : Understanding Enterprise-to-Cloud Migration Costs and Risks
Migrating to Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is an attractive option for corporations that want to shift from a capital expense to a pay-as-you go model. Regardless of the business driver for cloud computing, of which there are many including reducing costs and adding nimbleness, large enterprises are now faced with re-evaluating their core IT assets with an eye towards enterprise-to-cloud migration for improving business efficiencies. However, beyond qualitatively appreciating the benefits o [...]
- 2010-05-24
Using SQL Azure for SOA Quality Testing
SQL Azure provides affordable and rapid collaboration across SOA Test teams using SOAPSonar, the industry leading, comprehensive SOA and Cloud Testing product. This article provides an overview of using a shared repository: SQL Azure for collaborative SOA testing across dispersed SOA Test teams.SQL Azure is a promising option for corporations that deploy Micrsoft technology and are interested in leveraging cloud computing to reduce IT costs and respond rapidly to business requirements. For co [...]
- 2010-05-10
Network World: 15 Cloud Companies to Watch - Crosscheck Makes the List
Innovative vendors offering ways to make the transition to a cloud-based world less daunting.Here are excerpts from the article published by Beth Schultz of Network World:Why we're watching the company: Service-oriented architecture (SOA) testing companies have begun rounding out their product lines with tools aimed at giving IT organizations more confidence as they plan for application migrations to the cloud. The product can also ease the infrastructure and cost burdens of building out lab env [...]
- 2010-04-26
CTOEdge: Crosscheck Models Cloud Computing Performance
"One of the biggest problems with cloud computing is that IT organizations are hesitant to move an application into the cloud when they don’t know what to expect in terms of performance. Crosscheck Networks intends to help IT organizations overcome that uncertainty with a new modeling tool for cloud computing called CloudPort. " Mike Vizard, CTOEdgeFor complete article, see:http://www.ctoedge.com/content/crosscheck-models-cloud-computing-performance
- 2010-04-12
SOA-Cloud Testing: CloudPort simulates data-center to cloud migrations
In the absence of quantifiable data, enterprises are challenged to make well-informed choices when it comes to migrating to the cloud.Instead, they often find themselves forced to make these strategic decisions based on ad-hoc or partial information.This is a risky and unproductive approach, especially when typical migration process requires moving numerous components -- including databases, application servers, ESBs, identity stores, and BEPL orchestration engines -- to the cloud.&n [...]
- 2010-03-29
The modern XML Gateway appliance: from acceleration to integration an into the cloud
XML appliances, a core component of IT deployments, process XML-based information including SOAP and REST messages. In the early 2000s, the first phase of XML appliances focused on providing security at the enterprise edge where traditional firewalls could not prevent against XML-based threats.As XML adoption increased, accelerating XML traffic that is typically bloated and verbose became a requirement.This is where companies such asForum Systemspioneered the first XML applianc [...]
- 2010-02-22
Customer Case Study: SOA and Cloud in 2010 - Talking with Crosscheck and Omega Financial
Insightful podcast byJessica Ann Mola, Managing Editor at eBizQ with John Woolbrigth, CIO of Omega Financials and former CTO of Synovus Financial and Mamoon Yunus, CEO of Crosscheck Networks that explores the following items:Defining cloud computing. Are SOA and cloud synonymous?Pre-requisites and barriers to enabling cloud computing in an enterprise IT infrastructure.Impact of current economic climate as hurting or helping cloud/SOA adoption.Architectural moving parts necessary for building SOA [...]
- 2010-02-01
Here's an interesting article on XML Gateways, their use in SOA deployments, and a comparison between hardware, software and cloud-based form factors.SOA Tester have to be cognizant of identity, encryption, and signature artifacts that are consumed and generated by XML Gateways so as to build proper test cases for comprehensive end-to-end SOA testing.Tale of Two XML Gateways— These days XML Gateways are a core infrastructure component of any enterprise SOA deployment. XML Gateways provid [...]
- 2010-01-25
XML Threat and Trust Modeling and Testing
Understanding XML Threat and Trust models enables SOA testing and QA professionals to build robust test suites that verify functional, performance, interoperability and security profiles of Web services.SOA testing has to cover a XML identity tokens, XML signature generation and verification, and XML encryption-decryption to establish trust.The test suites have to ensure that trust-based artifacts are scalable and interoperable.In addition to testing such trust-based artifacts, [...]
- 2010-01-19
Forum Systems joins Cloud Security Alliance
BOSTON--Forum Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Crosscheck Networks, Inc., today announced that it has joined the Cloud Security Alliance to help further the organization’s efforts in the areas of data security, privacy and integrity best practices. An early sponsor of the Cloud Security Alliance, Forum Systems recognized the fundamental need in providing security assurance within cloud computing environments. As a Cloud Security Alliance Corporate Member, Forum Systems advocates that ent [...]
- 2010-01-15
Strategies for Securing Enterprise-to-Cloud Communication
Extending corporate boundaries to cloud infrastructure providers requires focused review of security practises used to integrate from the enterprise DMZ to external trading partners. Here is an article that covers Enterprise-to-Cloud communications issues and how best to prepare from them. SOA Testing and XML Gateway play an intergral part in ensuring that the security provisions are well tested and strictly enfored while interacting with cloud providers.Strategies for Securing Enter [...]
- 2010-01-07
Federated SOA impacts SOA Testing
Comprehensive SOA testing, using commercial and mature products such as SOAPSonar from Crosscheck Networks, is critical for companies as they expand beyond their localized SOA domains and integrate with SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS providers to build a Federated SOA.Here's an article that highlights the relationship betweenFederated SOA and Cloud Computing.Federated SOA: A Pre-requisite for Enterprise Cloud Computing— Successful enterprise SOA implementations build on a set of localized, project [...]
- 2010-01-04
Hidden Cost of Open Source SOA Testing Tools
Here is an interesting article that appeared on sys-con regarding the hidden costs associated with using open source frameworks for SOA Testing.Corporate business process security, interoperability and scalability may depend on the kind of tools one chooses for testing services and may significantly contribute to the overall success a company's ability to safely add a growing number of business partners to its ecosystem.Hidden Cost of Open Source SOA Testing— Adopting an open source tool [...]
- 2010-01-01
Service virtualization and its effect on SOA Testing
The is article discusses the advantages of using service virtualization whereby, in the simplest case, you may import a number of WSDLs, aggregate them and then expose them via andXML Gateway, such as Forum Sentry, based on the credential presented. The impact of service virtualization on SOA testing is significant:Remote services have to be tested independently.Aggregated WSDL need to be tested.User specific WSDLs generated by the Cloud/XML gateway have to tested.The difference between ga [...]
- 2009-12-28
MIT Techology Review covers "Swamp Computing" a.k.a. Cloud Computing
XML/SOA Testing of XML Security Policies (XML Encryption, XML Signatures) will become the centerpiece of Cloud-based deployments that are multi-tenant in nature and can inadvertently expose corporate information.MIT Technology Review published an interesting article sumarized underMIT Technolgy Review covers "Swamp Computing"
- 2009-12-22
Reducing the Complexity of Application Security
Integration is the Enemy of Security and so is Flexibility - an attribute that is essential for organizations to survive. A corporation that cannot service its customers and suppliers, establish long sticky relationships with them and build an infrastruture that enables rapid addition of both suppliers, buyers and partners for information exchange will perish and get demolished by a nimble and flexible competitor whose infrastructure has integration capabilities for rapid information excha [...]
- 2009-12-17
Software Magazine: Crosscheck Networks SOAPSimulator adds JMS support
Service Simulation is and essential component for end-to-end SOA Testing.Software Magazine recently published an article onSOAPSimulator,the only stand-alone service simulation product in the market for simulating Web services, XML, REST and SOAP.A new version of SOAPSimulator fromCrosscheck Networks, the company focused on products supporting reliable Web services, adds the ability to test large attachments via IBM MQ, Tibco EMS, WebLogic JMS and native Java Messaging Services adapters... [...]
- 2009-12-15
The maturity of a market and a product can be judged by the related job postings. Much has been written and talked about SOA Testing, however, this data point --A job posting looking for a Testing and Automation Professional-- validates three key trends:The number of QA Professionals focusing on SOA Testing within an enterprise has hit a point where having SOA Test Tools, such as SOAPSonar from Crosscheck Networks, alone is not sufficient. A centralized defect tracking and test cases management [...]
- 2009-12-14
Gartner AADI SOA Testing Sessions
It was exciting to see the extent of interest and coverage onSOATesting at theGartnerApplication Architecture, Development and Integration (AADI) event inLasVegas last week (December 7-9th).SOATesting has become an integral part of Enterprise ApplicationLife cycleManagement and Thomas Murphy, Research Director atGartnerdid a great job in covering the core aspects ofSOATesting at the show is the following session:SOATesting: Confronting the Nightmare of Testing Shared Services: The Key Issues tha [...]
- 2009-12-10
SOA Appliance for Cloud Computing
Building a robust SOA is a pre-requisite to cloud computing. Without solid provisions for SOA Testing, SOA Governance, and Federated SOA, large enterprises will unlikely embark on cloud computing initiatives that truly span Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Services (PaaS), or Software as Service (SaaS).The article below shows one of the core building blocks required for an enterprise SOA deployments - Identity Management and Enforcement. Forum Systems has recently announced Fo [...]
- 2009-11-13
SOA Testing in a Federated SOA environment
According to MassimoPezzini, VP andGartnerFellow, "FederatedSOAis a systematic approach to large-scale,enterprise wideSOAthat enables organizations to integrate semi-independentSOAinitiatives. Often used to fix an initial lack of coordination, federatedSOAshould be proactively pursued from the inception of major, strategicSOAinitiatives." --Divide and Conquer: Taming Complexity Through FederatedSOA.The technology implication of FederatedSOAhas pushed towards a convergence of XML/Web services wit [...]
- 2009-11-02
Federated SOA essential aspects: SOA Testing, SOA Identity and SOA Security
Here is an interesting article by Rob Barry titled:"In SOA, cloud resources may exacerbate security and file transfers issues." It highlights significant requirements for Federated SOA especially around large file transfer using Web services attachments. The article makes the following interesting points:Attachment sizes are increasing driven by cloud computing such as transferring large files toAmazon S3or a companies internal cloud.MTOM and MIME are used now for real time file transfer over we [...]
