Provisioning provided for J2EE- based apps Wakesoft this week released Wakesoft Architecture Platform, Version 4, providing services provisioning for Java-based services-oriented systems.The product actually is a renaming of the company’s Wakesoft Architecture Server, which remains as the core of the platform. Wakesoft’s system provides for simplified Java development for deployment of application servers, company officials said.“In the new version, we allow our customers to dynamically provision what were previously internal processes as Web services,” such as balance transfers in an e-commerce application, said Walter Hurst, Wakesoft founder and CTO in San Francisco. Web services enable easier integration with partners or other projects, he added. Wakesoft Architecture Server has enabled “a separation of concerns,” in which developers focus on business logic and systems architects concentrate on extending services, according to Wakesoft officials. WakeSoft Architecture Platform adds the following functions to the Architecture Server:* Business services provisioning, for structuring core business logic of a system into business services * Real-time business and IT event visibility via Architecture Monitor, providing IT and business level event information* Dynamic configuration of production systems via Architecture Manager — changes can be made to applications without having to restart the application serverAn analyst described Wakesoft’s offering as an architecture server on top of a middleware architecture. “Wakesoft is one of the few companies that is focused on building a tool that supports a services-oriented architecture [SOA] out of the box,” said Jason Bloomberg, senior analyst at ZapThink, in Waltham, Mass. “[Wakesoft’s platform] provides the development environment as well as management and other capabilities that are needed to build an SOA,” Bloomberg said. But Wakesoft will face a challenge in that it has to provide the correct adapters, management services, and development tools, said Bloomberg. “It’s an enormous challenge,” he added.Wakesoft Architecture Platform is available for the IBM WebSphere and BEA WebLogic application servers for $35,000 per CPU plus $4,995 per developer seat. Software Development