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Open Source 'Data Virtualization' Tool XAware 5 Goes Live
Open source developer XAware announced earlier
this month that the latest version of its data integration platform,
XAware 5.0, is now live.
Designed for use with 'Web 2.0' and SOA applications, XAware works by
providing developers with "real-time access to information and the
ability to abstract, transform, aggregate and mashup data,"
according to the company.
The new version is composed of four elements:
- XAware Designer -- An Eclipse-based IDE.
- XAware Engine --Spring-based integration engine that works
standalone or with an Apache Tomcat or IIS Web server, and with
WebLogic, JBoss, Oracle, WebSphere and iPlanet application servers.
- Adapters -- Create your own adaptors or use anything from
SOAP to FTP to JMS to mainframe file types.
- Connectors -- Synchronous and asynchronous connectivity
through JMS, EJB, SOAP, REST, Java API.
Detailed information on what's new in version 5 can be found here.
Essentially, developers can "create a services-based data
virtualization layer" using the product, according to the company's
announcement, and data can be gathered from multiple sources.
"XAware lets users graphically pull data together from many
sources into a single logical view that is callable as a service,
effectively hiding the underlying complexity from applications that need
it," commented Chief Scientist and XAware Founder Kirstan
Vandersluis in a released statement.
XAware 5 is available for both Windows and Linux, and can be
purchased as a commercial offering or used under GPL version 2. A
download is available here.
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