SOA-ready: Intrexx Xtreme with the Web
Service Module
After the portal and application builder in the last release had a complete process management module planted into it, Intrexx has in version 4.0 come out with a module for the orchestration of web services. With it, even smarter applications can be created for your intranet. 75 complete applications for immediate use are contained on the DVD as well. Freiburg, October 2, 2007. Enterprise portals are ideally suited for the integration of web services, as they already take on a central role in the enterprise: with an internal portal, data and software solutions will be placed together, processes can be conducted through it, and third-party partners, vendors, and clients can be incorporated into it.
The portal software Intrexx Xtreme, from the producer United Planet, has made a name for itself especially through the quick development of portals: thanks to numerous complete templates and ease of use, even complex portals can be set up comparatively quickly. In the visual application designer, the input and view fields for an application can be assigned to the interface via drag & drop, so that no programming knowledge is necessary. A process manager for the representation of workflows, as well as adapters for third-party data integration – including for SAP – make possible a great deal of functions that set enterprise portals apart from their intranet forebears.
Version 4.0 of Intrexx Xtreme is available immediately and offers in turn numerous improvements that make portals essential for enterprises today:
With the “Web Service Consumer”, foreign web services can be used by the portal: this can be a currency converter or a bank routing database, for example, or ERP data, which can be inserted into all kinds of applications. The Web Service Provider, on the other hand, creates individual web services from portal applications, which in turn can be integrated into third-party software or provided for use to partners. This allows, for example, master data of any kind to be efficiently and centrally maintained as a web service.
As Intrexx is essentially an integrated development environment, all kinds of data from the ERP software can be processed in web applications and orchestrated with the Process Manager or the web service module.
Although websites could already be quickly refreshed in version 3 due to Ajax technology, the new version showcases significantly more elements of Web 2.0. This includes all entries and applications to be indexed using “Tags”. This communal insertion of keywords, comments, and evaluations aid the users to find contents, whereas a “word cloud” displays frequently used contents.
Integrated onto the Intrexx DVD is a sample company with a complete portal and 73 finished applications as well as 45 portlets, which can be freely used and adjusted to your requirements. Included in this are many Web 2.0 applications, from Wiki up to “Greetings from Timbuktu”, a solution that bans from the kitchen the yellowed postcards from colleagues on vacation and, in an appropriately modern format, places them on the internet.
Enterprises from all imaginable sectors and public administrations are offered by this software the advantage of implementing the future themes of SOA, web services, and process management quickly and at low cost. Interested parties can download the software, with these and numerous additional features, immediately free of charge at the following link: Download
 The Process Manager in Intrexx Xtreme 4.0 |
 A web service for streamlining bank routing numbers in the portal |
