OpenSpan (News - Alert) has launched version 4.0 of its OpenSpan Platform Enterprise Edition, which enables organizations to move legacy and desktop applications off the desktop so that they can expedite the path towards Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), improve manageability and control, mitigate risks and reduce costs.

 

The OpenSpan Platform Enterprise Edition features a Virtual Broker that delivers enterprise-class scalability and robustness for OpenSpan-enabled applications exposed as Web services. Enterprises can now quickly access legacy application functionality and business process automations that span these applications as Web services deployable across any of the leading middleware platforms.

 

OpenSpan extends service-enablement to desktop applications as well as other legacy applications including custom-built, third-party and “closed” applications without available APIs or connectors.

 

“Its new version shifts functionality from the desktop to the data center to provide greater centralization and control, as well as stronger support for thin-client architectures and mobile access, among other benefits,” said Warren Wilson, Ovum (News - Alert) research director. “OpenSpan deserves a close look from companies that must support a large number of legacy applications, particularly if those applications span a range of platforms, languages and programming models.”

 

Leveraging the OpenSpan Platform, enterprises will be able to deliver incremental SOA value to the business that is highly complementary to existing SOA platforms. The OpenSpan Platform enables desktop and other legacy applications and workflows to participate in SOA implementations. It also delivers relevant application functionality to new business users, customers or partners as Web services.

 

The solution reduces risk and business impact by easily extending existing legacy applications to consume Web services without changing the applications or requiring retraining. It also improves employee productivity by reducing desktop complexity and removing unnecessary applications and automating cumbersome business processes. The Platform enables a thin-client or even mobile client delivery strategy.

 

“With the OpenSpan Platform Enterprise Edition, OpenSpan now provides a complete roadmap for SOA enablement across the wide range of applications deployed within Global 2000 enterprises,” said OpenSpan CEO Francis Carden (News - Alert). “The OpenSpan Platform Enterprise Edition complements our customers’ existing SOA strategies and platforms and enables them to include desktop and other legacy applications previously not considered for SOA projects.”