In Brief: Open source group goes international with new board

SOA Software (formerly Digital Evolution) has added a registry-based dashboard to its Service Manager. The registry-based dashboard uses real-time alerts to improve Web services performance by securing, monitoring, and managing XML and Web services and providing centralized management of service-oriented architectures (SOAs). The dashboard offers an easy-to-use graphical interface with visual indicators such as live charts and color-coded graphs that enable customers to monitor service-level agreements, security thresholds, and performance metrics. The registry-based dashboard will be included in the SOA Software Service Manager 3.0, which is slated to ship in May.? Service Manager pricing starts at $5,000 per CPU.

BlueCat Networks unveils Meridius 500 security gateway

April 4, 9:10 a.m. PST

BlueCat Networks announced Monday at the InfoSec World Conference & Expo the Meridius 500 Security Gateway. The Meridius 500, a dedicated mail relay appliance, enables small and medium-size businesses to extend their network security by protecting their mail systems from Internet threats such as hackers and spammers and also increases mail-processing performance. The plug-and-play appliance is easy to configure and offers system administrators high quality reporting and end-user Pricing starts at $4,995 for the new Meridius 500 Security Gateway, which will be available in May. Open source group goes international with new board

April 4, 9:10 a.m. PST

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has expanded the size of its board from five to nine members and added representatives from the Netherlands, Brazil, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan. Former president Eric Raymond has stepped down from the board, but will remain involved with the organization. The OSI has been struggling lately with the task of reducing the number of different and often incompatible open source licenses it has approved. To date, the OSI has determined more than 50 software licenses to be open source compatible, and critics have said that this large number of open source licenses has left some users confused as to whether or not they are following the licensing terms of their software. The volunteer group is now forming a committee to find ways to address this issue, and plans to make it more difficult to add licenses to the OSI’s approved list. The names of the new board members can be found on Cooper’s Web log. Xirrus introduces wireless LAN array

April 1, 8:00 a.m. PST

Xirrus has launched the next-generation Wireless LAN Array for enterprise Wi-Fi networks. The WLAN Array integrates the functionality of a WLAN switch and up to 16 integrated access points into a single device that delivers Gigabit-class RF bandwidth. The WLAN architecture’s array controller features a 2Gbps switching fabric that controls the packet flows of the integrated access points and provides complete spectrum management. The WLAN’s directionalized antenna system offers increased rate and range in all directions. The architecture also features tri-mode 802.11 a/b/g support for existing and emerging mobile devices. Xamlon opens Flash to .Net developers

March 31, 7:35 a.m. PST

Xamlon will unveil the preview of Xamlon Pro, Flash Edition on April 6 at Flashforward in San Francisco. The product opens the door to an enormous community of previously excluded developers by letting developers use C# or Visual Basic.Net with XAML, Microsoft? new XML-based markup language, to write Flash apps and directly deploy them to almost any device or computer.? The preview of Xamlon Pro, Flash Edition will be available for download on April 6. The final version will be priced at $499 per developer and will be available on May 3. OuterBay announces enhanced ADM Suite 4.0 for ILM

March 31, 7:35 a.m. PST

OuterBay has announced enhancements to its Application Data Management (ADM) Suite. Version 4.0 simplifies information lifecycle management (ILM) for applications and databases and adds features that enable significantly simpler and faster implementation and ongoing management. ADM 4.0 also provides new automated data movement features for “Lights Out” operation, while maintaining high availability and enterprise application performance.