Blue Titan Software Intros Mission-Critical Web Services Networking

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor, April 8, 2002

Blue Titan Software, a new company formed from the merger of two Web services software providers, has introduced the first complete Web services networking solution designed specifically for mission-critical enterprise architectures.

Blue Titan, which launched recently at PC Forum in Scottsdale, Ariz., is introducing a complete product line that enables companies to deploy and manage Web services networks that provide reliability, security and active performance management from the origin to the edge of their enterprise infrastructure.

Blue Titan targets major enterprises deploying Web services-oriented architectures to support their mission-critical systems and processes. Initial customers will be financial institutions, telecommunications providers, transportation and logistics companies, and other enterprises where computer systems govern mission-critical transactions and processes.

"The very attributes that make Web services pervasive -- loosely coupled components exposed using standard interfaces and communicating via Internet protocols -- can make them inherently unpredictable," said Frank Martinez, CTO and founder of Blue Titan. "Blue Titan bridges this loosely coupled world with the demands of enterprise computing, enabling companies to network and manage mission-critical Web services from the origin to the edge."

"Today's non-systemic approaches for managing and deploying Web services do not realize the broad strategic benefit of services-oriented architectures," said Brent Sleeper, co-founder of the Stencil Group. "Enterprise IT organizations realize that issues of manageability, business control and quality of service are critical, and Blue Titan's approach of Web services networking is very compatible with this long-term vision."

Blue Titan Software was formed as a result of a merger between two Web services companies, ServiceMesh, a San Francisco-based provider of Web services networking solutions, and VelociGen, a four-year-old developer of composite Web services software, based in San Diego.

The company was founded by Mr. Martinez, a former senior technical executive at Intershop Communications; Draper Fisher Jurvetson, the venture capital firm; and Glenn Hasen, Blue Titan's CEO and a former executive at Pivotal Corporation, Information Builders and Computer Associates. The company's senior management also includes VelociGen's co-founder, Tony Darugar, now Blue Titan's chief architect; and Tej Sidhu, former president and COO of VelociGen, who serves as Blue Titan's Executive Vice President of Corporate Development.

Along with a seasoned management team and a market-ready product line, Blue Titan will leverage existing customer relationships with a number of blue-chip companies, including Ford Motor Company, Goldman Sachs and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The Blue Titan product line provides origin-to-edge Web services networking inside existing enterprise IT environments. Blue Titan's solution leverages prior investments in systems and networks and eliminates the traditional rip-and-replace process often associated with the introduction of new architectures.