BEA Systems, with the planned Taurus version of its
Tuxedo transaction processing platform, has set its sights on
enhanced Web services support, improved integration with the
WebLogic Server and better security.
Performance will also be improved, along with scalability, said
Rich Lee, director of engineering at BEA, which is responsible for
Tuxedo products.
The kernel release of Taurus is slated for release in the summer
of 2005.
To improve Web services support BEA is looking at providing XML
Schema samples. Security improvements include a default PKI plug-in
and Kerberos authentication.
"Out of the box, we're going to ship a default PKI plug-in," Lee
said. The plug-in will support Cert-C for handling digital
signatures.
Integration between WebLogic and Tuxedo will be improved through
adding MBSTRING support in WebLogic Tuxedo Connector.
Taurus will provide finer control over service-level timeouts,
offering them at a per-call or per-context level.
Core platforms for Taurus upon release include Solaris on Sparc,
Hewlett-Packard HP-UX, Windows, and IBM AIX. BEA is planning
support for 64-bit versions of Solaris, HP-UX, and Windows. Support
may also be extended to Red Hat Linux.
Paul Krill writes for InfoWorld
