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LogicBlaze FUSE – Open Source SOA Platform

April 3, 2006 By brenda michelson

LogicBlaze, the company behind the (now Apache incubating) ServiceMix ESB and ActiveMQ messaging solution recently announced the availability of FUSE – an Open Source SOA Platform.  FUSE is centered on ServiceMix (which I posted on here), aggregating components from several open source projects:

  • Apache Incubator’s ServiceMix ESB, providing the fundamental runtime fabric for SOA processes, and the point of integration SOA components.
  • Apache Incubator’s ActiveMQ messaging system, for guaranteed reliable and high performance messaging, and connectivity to existing MOM solutions.
  • Apache Derby database, for message persistence in ServiceMix and ActiveMQ.
  • Apache jUDDI Directory Server, for service registry and lookup, enabling composite Web services.
  • Apache Incubator’s Ode Orchestration engine, for orchestration of composite services through BPEL-defined processes.
  • Jetty HTTP Server, for scalable Web 2.0 applications built on Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and XML), with complete integration into the SOA framework.

For those that prefer pictures, click on the Illustration to see Logic Blaze’s depiction of FUSE:

Logicblaze_fuse_diagram

FUSE is intriguing for several reasons:

  • In FUSE, the ESB (ServiceMix) is migrating to its more natural role as the backbone for a SOA Platform and enterprise integration.  The ESB is critical, but not omnipotent.  This aligns with my ESB view.  FUSE might be the first, but not the only, ESB centered SOA Platform appearing in 2006.
  • FUSE is standards based!
  • FUSE is open source (Apache Software License 2.0).  However, FUSE is NOT “just another open source project”.  Winston DaMarrillo, Logic Blaze’s Executive Chairman, was the founder of Gluecode – which was acquired by IBM, and is now offered as Websphere Community Edition.  [FUSE will have a Gluecode — oops – IBM WAS CE distribution].
  • FUSE is positioned to serve three (interconnected) areas: high volume integration, service-oriented solutions (composite and flow styles), and web 2.0 (rich interfaces (AJAX, Flex), mashups, LAMP).
  • FUSE has a variety of support subscription levels, not just for production run-time, but also development support, and peer-to-peer interaction.  Developers with CORE subscriptions will even be able to deposit their integration code in the FUSE repository, for inclusion in future build testing.
  • FUSE will be incorporating the Eclipse SOA Tools project in a future (1.5) release.  Until then, expect a lot of XML hacking.  While this isn’t optimal from a development perspective, better the team focused on delivering a solid run-time, rather than a pretty interface.
  • FUSE is available for download now.

I will be testing FUSE (mostly ServiceMix, ActiveMQ and Ode) as part of my enterprise service bus ride series.  For more information on FUSE, check-out the whitepaper, or just start playing.  If you do take it for a spin – let me know what you think.

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Filed Under: integration, open source, services architecture, soa

Comments

  1. Troy Kelley says

    April 5, 2006 at 8:01 am

    Nice summary. So… When can we expect you to evaluate LogicBlaze based on the psgroup criteria and test plans? 🙂
    Does the psgroup post where they are at in the process, or do you track that internally?
    Thanks,
    -Troy

  2. james says

    April 7, 2006 at 7:41 am

    Glad to see coverage for open source projects from industry analyst firms. Hopefully PSGroup could also initiate coverage on Liferay Enterprise Portal…

  3. BIT Blog says

    April 11, 2006 at 2:46 pm

    FUSE and BITs Open Source Architecture for B2B Integration

    My friend Brenda Michelson of Elementalinks and the Patricia Seybold Group recently blogged about Logic Blazes FUSE. I like a lot of what she has to say about FUSE, but I thought it my duty to point out that BIT announced our open …

  4. brenda michelson says

    April 14, 2006 at 7:05 pm

    james – PSG does cover Liferay. Mitch Kramer published a report 11/2005: LifeRay Portal 3.6.1: An Open Source Platform that You Should Consider for Your Customer Portal. Here’s the link: http://www.psgroup.com/detail.aspx?ID=659 -brenda

  5. brenda michelson says

    April 14, 2006 at 7:14 pm

    troy- as I shared in our email exchange, I’m thinking (hoping) the first ESB testing report will be published in May. That might be ServiceMix, CapeClear or Sonic. The schedule is not exact since I’m balancing the build out of the test environment and components with some other obligations (consulting, writing, speaking, etc.) While it’s not an optimal situation, it is more important to me to try the products myself, than to bang out reports. [good architect, bad analyst I guess] -brenda

  6. Science Library Pad says

    April 27, 2006 at 1:34 pm

    LogicBlaze: open source SOA

    Note: Open source doesn’t mean free. InformationWeek has an article SOA Goes Open SourceLogicBlaze has launched an integrated suite of open source code that’s designed to get businesses started with service-oriented architecture. Called Fuse, it includ…

  7. Nelleke de Heer says

    May 16, 2006 at 7:16 am

    Does anyone know a company that are already using fuse?

  8. brenda michelson says

    May 18, 2006 at 4:10 pm

    Nelleke – I’m checking with the LogicBlaze folks on your question. There are current evaluation customers, but not all of the names are public. I hope to have an answer soon. -brenda

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