WebLayers Releases Automated Governance Software

WebLayers, Inc. this week announced the release of its automated governance software, WebLayers Center 5.0.

 

The new solution is expected to reduce developer errors, which results due to policy violations, for providing more transparency into business processes and also to extend the value of the existing technology throughout the software development lifecycle. WebLayers Center 5.0 has been designed to control and manage distributed policy management on all platforms keeping investments in SOA and related IT architectures consistent, measurable, auditable and visible, company officials said.

 

The new governance software features extended support for an Eclipse-based integrated development environment, federated active policy management, distributed automated governors, a comprehensive conformance center and a dynamic dashboard.

 

The federated policy management allows a software architect or software developer to centralize policy management and distribute policy enforcement for supporting automated governance at all points in the infrastructure and all platforms covering the SDLC.

 

The WebLayers Center distributed governors deliver consistent policy management for online and offline software development. The distributed governor is self-contained in the infrastructure and it has its own policy engine and a governor, which ensures management of governance policies throughout the SDLC.

 

“SOA denotes a federated and distributed architecture; therefore, one of the most essential principles of governance is enforcement of policies and processes,” said L. Frank Kenney, research director of Gartner (News - Alert), Inc. “Having distributed governance is going to be a critical first step in building a distributed-centric environment.”

 

The WebLayers integration with Eclipse-based IDE enables software developers to identify errors and change codes without exiting their development environment. An auto correct feature detects software development policy errors in the SDLC and also corrects the violations.

 

“Based on its ability to proactively identify and address policy violations in the SDLC before they negatively affect the way a business is run, governance is transforming from an option to a necessity,” said John Favazza, vice president of engineering of WebLayers.

 

He pointed out that the cost of fixing software code after it has been deployed can be 50 to 200 times higher than if the issues were addressed as the code was being written by the software developer. WebLayers Center 5.0 mitigates these risks and reduces unnecessary development costs resulting in greater cost efficiencies for customers, he said.

 

The WebLayers Center conformance center allows a software developer to examine the results of policy tests on code and try out test case scenarios to determine the effect of any policy change on the infrastructure as well as the SDLC even before it is deployed.