“Every product manager and developer’s nightmare - there is always a never ending source of change requests...developers may see RatchetSoft as an opportunity to solve integration problems themselves in a generic and open manner.”

  - David Sprott CBDI Forum

RatchetSoft Press Releases and Announcements:

Vertafore Signs Reseller Agreement With RatchetSoft Adding Increased Integration Capabilities to ImageRight Solution

Vertafore, a provider of market-leading software and services to the insurance industry, and RatchetSoft, developer of Ratchet-X, a powerful desktop application integration tool, are pleased to announce Vertafore has signed a reseller agreement with RatchetSoft to increase integration capabilities of the company's market-leading content management and workflow solution, ImageRight, with other core or critical insurance systems already in place within insurance organizations.

 

“Most firms don’t have the requisite knowledge to build the right level of coupling and granularity without the assistance that a RatchetSoft-like product can bring.”

  - Ronald Schmelzer, Senior Analyst ZapThink

RatchetSoft Releases Ratchet-X Community Edition

Ratchet-X Community Edition is a free, full-featured version of the Ratchet-X platform. The driving force behind Ratchet-X is empowering software users to be more productive by allowing them to take greater control over their application integration needs.

“Ratchet-X is a good example of mashup implementation as the ‘face of SOA,’ where services are consumed at the presentation layer rather than the application layer.”

  - Anthony Bradley, Research Director Gartner Research

RatchetSoft In The News:

Can the Semantic Web Evolve from the Primordial Soup of Screen-Scraping?

I’m impressed by the work RatchetSoft has done to build a platform and SDK rather than just a closed set of tools.

PeteSearch

Free Desktop Integration Product for Small Organizations

On Fridays, I offer a round-up of integration-related product announcements, but, frankly, the pickings were slim this week. Still, one product announcement intrigued me — RatchetSoft is offering a free version of its desktop integration platform for small organizations and independent developers.

StrikeIron Fuels Enterprise Mashup Platforms

StrikeIron Inc., the leading provider of Data as a Service (DaaS), today announced its Marketplace Web Services are now integratable with the majority of leading mashup platforms.

Who’s Who in Enterprise “Mashup” Technologies

Enterprise IT managers should assess the value of "mashup" technologies. This research briefly discusses 18 mashup vendors, specifying those that target the enterprise as well as those that consumerization may drive inside corporate boundaries.

Outside The Valley Comments on RatchetSoft

Ratchet-X is an interesting concept to increase desktop application compatibility, and it will be interesting to watch how it progresses in the desktop software world. While some people point to the trend of online office apps, the majority of people still used desktop apps. This article requires a valid Gartner login or may be purchased.

TechCrunch Profiles Ratchet-X

Ratchet-X from Manhasset, NY based RatchetSoft is a XML-based desktop integration solution that provides the ability to expand and enhance information access to existing applications by providing cross application support.

KillerStartups.com Initiates Coverage on RatchetSoft

Ratchet-X from Manhasset, NY based RatchetSoft is a XML-based desktop integration solution that provides the ability to expand and enhance information access to existing applications by providing cross application support.

Assembling great software: A round-up of eight mashup tools

The product is aimed at helping mashup creators application UI elements so they can be integrated with external applications and data sources, and create processing routines that govern the nature of these integrations.

RatchetSoft Mentioned in StrikeIron News Letter

RatchetSoft mentioned as a vendor giving birth to innovative reuse.

RatchetSoft Joins StrikeIron ISV Program

RatchetSoft joins StrikeIron’s ISV program to offer broad array of service-based Ratchet-X plug-ins. Coming soon, RatchetSoft’s Contact Xtend powered by StrikeIron.

Power To The People!

Like all new technologies Web Services usage will morph as we understand more of the potential. This week we look at how Web Services can extend the desktop for business process integration and knowledge working.

RatchetSoft Delivers Application Customization using Web Serivces

Although Web Services are basically a technology, we haven't even started to understand the many ways in which they can be put to good use. In this report we look at the challenges of application customization and how one company RatchetSoft is delivering innovation using Web Services.

Championing the Concept of Service Oriented Mass Customization

RatchetSoft hopes to change the fundamental challenge of Service development and application reuse by providing a tool for developers called Ratchet-X that allows them to map user interface elements to Service interfaces. End users can then consume these services without needing to communicate with the original application developer to meet their ongoing needs.

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