Systinet Updates, Renames Flagship WASP Software

The Systinet WASP Server products, software that can be used to build and deploy Web services in Java and C++ development environments, now will be called Systinet Server for Java and Server for C++, said Wendell Lansford, Systinet's chief operating officer. Both the Java and C++ versions of the software, previously in version 4.7, will be updated to version 5 and available immediately, he said.

Systinet, Cambridge, Mass., also plans to release a new 5.0 version of its Systinet WASP UDDI product, which has been renamed Systinet UDDI Registry.

The registry, which enables Web services to be cataloged and identified by other services in a system, now has support for the latest UDDI 3.0 specification from the OASIS standards body, Lansford said. Systinet also has added customization features that enable business users to better navigate the registry through interfaces with which they are familiar, he said.

Pricing for Systinet UDDI Registry begins at $10,000 per CPU, while Systinet Server for Java and Server for C++ start at $2,000 per CPU.

The server updates also add new support for Web services standards. Now in Systinet Server for Java 5.0 is support for two specifications aimed at providing a standard way to ensure XML-based messages arrive properly at their destination, Lansford said. The product now supports WS-ReliableMessaging, which guarantees delivery of a message once and only once, and WS-Addressing, which guarantees a message will be sent to the right recipient regardless of the messaging protocols on the other end of the message.

Systinet Server for C++, which Lansford admitted is somewhat less mature than the Java version, includes new support for WS-Security, a standard for attaching security properties to Web services. The next version of the product should support the WS-ReliableMessaging and WS-Addressing standards, he said.

Because Systinet was founded by Java industry guru Roman Stanek in 2000, the company's primary focus has been on Java development, Lansford said. "Where we tend to develop new functionality is to support the Java platform, and then that [technology] migrates to C++," he said.

Stanek, who previously founded Java tools vendor NetBeans -- a company that was later bought by Sun Microsystems -- has stepped down from his CEO post at Systinet, news the vendor also will unveil this week. Stanek will remain with Systinet as chief strategy officer and split his time between its U.S. and European operations.

In other Systinet news, the vendor will launch a new product, Systinet Gateway, a new partner program for systems integrators, and the Systinet SOA Partner Network for technology partners (see related story in this week's CRN).

Systinet Gateway acts as an integration bridge between different vendors' message-oriented middleware products, and costs $25,000 per CPU to start.