InterSystems adds SOA to Ensemble platform

InterSystems has added new features to its InterSystems Ensemble integration and development platform, which targets requirements of large-scale enterprises that are building applications in an service-oriented architecture (SOA) environment.

The Cambridge, Mass.-based company said that the enhancements allow organizations to use Ensemble to develop secure applications for SOA infrastructures. Major enhancements in the new version of Ensemble include:

  • WS-Security 1.1—Specifies how to attach digital signatures, encryption headers and security tokens to SOAP messages;
  • Improved Web Services Performance—Users can send messages in binary or binary-encoded XML formats within SOAP messages;
  • Extended Monitoring for Composite Applications—Extended, embedded tracking allow organizations to monitor Ensemble-based systems using third-party SNMP-based solutions and Windows Management Instrumentation that many are already using across the enterprise;
  • HL7 Sequences Manager—Accepts incoming HL7 messages from multiple sources and ensures that messages are forwarded in the sequence specified by the sender; and
  • Extended Integration Protocol Support—A family of XML-based standards sponsored by OASIS and UN/CEFACT, designed to provide an open XML-based infrastructure.

Around the web

The new technology shows early potential to make a significant impact on imaging workflows and patient care. 

Richard Heller III, MD, RSNA board member and senior VP of policy at Radiology Partners, offers an overview of policies in Congress that are directly impacting imaging.
 

The two companies aim to improve patient access to high-quality MRI scans by combining their artificial intelligence capabilities.