"You have the basic information you need to search for services and avoid replicating the wheel. "The registry is a record of the services that exist," Baker said. Companies should consider a registry if they have more than 30 to 40 technology services, or more than 10 complete business services, he said.
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It supports multiple service-types including Web services, CORBA services and others, Baker said. There are also some commonly available hosted software repository options such as GitHub, BitBucket and SourceForge that companies can choose from when creating a software repository for proprietary or open-source products.
The tool is designed for use in complex, distributed SOA (software oriented architecture) environments. It is due for release April 15, priced starting at US$45,000 for storing up to 10 services, Iona said. The tool is an addition to Iona's SOA Infrastructure Suite, which includes an Enterprise Service Bus for managing and routing software services. means a collection of Open Source Tools mirrored from the Anaconda Repository at implementation of the Licensed Software, further identified at This collection of Open Source Tools does not include any components used in the Licensed Software or identified in the Anaconda Distribution. Iona has partnered for its repository tool in the past but will now have a product of its own. and IBM Corp., offer repository tools already. Many of the big SOA vendors, including BEA Systems Inc.