Iona updates SOA enabling service bus

SOA software provider Iona upgrades its Artix Enterprise Service Bus

Service oriented architecture (SOA) software specialist Iona Technologies has today unveiled an upgrade to its Artix Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) featuring enhanced support for a range of new SOA and middleware standards and an improved SOA management dashboard.

Artix ESB 4.1 features a new management console designed to give improved visibility over the suite's activities, but also includes out-of-the-box interoperability with SOA management dashboard specialist AmberPoint.

Sean Baker CTO at Iona said the partnership meant customers deploying complex SOA environments that require close monitoring have access to a more comprehensive governance dashboard. "Our native dashboard is pretty effective, but if you want a Rolls Royce dashboard you can get that with AmberPoint," he added.

The new ESB also features enhanced service orchestration functionality and support for a wider range of SOA standards, including SOAP 1.2, Web Services Reliable Messaging and BPEL.

New content-based routing functionality will also better automate service and data integration, Baker said, ensuring that services within an SOA are automatically routed to certain servers based on pre-set rules.