ZapNote: Actional
Actional’s product line addresses IT architecture challenges at two gaps: at the adaptation layer between back-end data sources and application servers, and at the management layer between the application servers and Service consumers. At the adaptation layer, Actional provides loosely coupled interfaces to business applications, databases, and other back-end systems. At the management layer, Actional solves problems of access control, Service quality and availability, and managing changes to existing Web Services. Actional’s complex two-product approach offers their customers flexibility in deployment of Web Services.