Industry peers recognise the first large-scale deployment of ebXML for the Norwegian e-Health Infrastructure. Xenos Group Inc today announced that it has been named a medallist at the 2008 British Computer Society (BCS) IT Industry Awards. Xenos was recognised for its work providing the secure transfer of data over public networks between 3,000 doctors, pharmacies, hospitals and the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Organisation (NAV).

InterSystems Adds Breakthrough Enterprise SOA Features To Ensemble Rapid Integration and Development Platform

Cambridge Mass. —January 21, 2009—InterSystems Corporation today announced the addition of innovative technology features to its InterSystems Ensemble® rapid integration and development platform. Available immediately, the new capabilities target critical requirements of large-scale enterprises that are building high-performance, complex applications in an SOA environment.

Webswell UK Ltd. releases a web-based portal solution within the Webswell telConnect B2B platform. The new WLR3Portal (in its version 1.2) now becomes part of the telConnect Enterprise Edition v. 2.5. The WLR3Portal allows , apart from managing and browsing wlr3 traffic passed through the telConnect framework, also manual construction of valid wlr3 documents. This approach is ideal for small Communications Providers that do not need or that cannot afford pricey automated integration with their back-ends.

In the Netherlands, VIR is a national electronic system that collects and distributes risk warnings from care workers. Care workers use the system to record warnings about risks of the children and young people (up to 23 years of age) they work with. By registering these warnings in a national system, different care workers quickly find out if a colleague is also monitoring a child, so that they can contact each other and agree on the best approach.

Covast today announced the general availability of its ebXML Messaging Service Adapter for BizTalk Server. The Covast ebXML Messaging Service Adapter will allow current and future BizTalk Server customers to conduct B2B transactions using the global ebXML standard.