News briefs: Iona, AmberPoint team on SOA tools

24.04.2006
Iona Technologies Inc. and AmberPoint Inc. have announced a new partnership to integrate their tools to give users more visibility into messages and business processes flowing through a service-oriented architecture. The partnership calls for the in-tegration of Iona's Artix enterprise service bus with AmberPoint's SOA Management System. The deal marks the first time AmberPoint has integrated its SOA management software with an ESB.

Sarbanes-Oxley tool updated

Stellent Inc. has unveiled Version 7.6 of its Stellent Sarbanes-Oxley Solution compliance software. It features enhanced master component and process libraries for improved centralized management, as well as internationalization capabilities for users who speak Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese or Spanish. Also new in Version 7.6 are selective-control testing capabilities that let auditors select control sets that span multiple processes, according to Stellent. The product is available now starting at US$100,000.

Acronis upgrades backup imaging app

Acronis Inc. has rolled out the latest version of Acronis True Image. The backup imaging application now allows operating systems and other applications to be restored to system hardware that's different from the original hardware. This capability, as well as the ability to boot a remote computer to restore a system partition, is being added to Acronis True Image Enterprise Server, Acronis True Image Server for Windows and Acronis True Image Workstation. Pricing starts at $999 for Acronis True Image Enterprise Server 9.1, $699 for Acronis True Image Server for Windows and $79.99 for Acronis True Image Workstation.