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Virtualization - Cisco Reportedly Creates SOAP-Slipping RPC Protocol

Cisco Has A New SOAP-replacing Messaging Protocol Called Etch
By Maureen O'Gara
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May 30, 2008 12:30 PM EDT
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According to CIO.com, Cisco has a new SOAP-replacing messaging protocol called Etch, born out of its Unified Application Environment (UAE), to integrate client/server applications.

Cisco reportedly intends to beta the thing this summer as part of UAE 2.5 and ultimately open source it maybe under a Mozilla or Apache license.

Apparently it could also replace CORBA and EJB.

CIO says it replaces the complicated WSDL file that SOAP uses to define the interface between a client and a server “with a file in Cisco’s own interface definition language” that’s sorta like a Java interface file. (Hey, isn’t IDL CORBA?)

Anyway, Etch is also supposed to cut down on the wire overhead so it can handle scads more message traffic.

CIO, which seems to be alone in knowing about Etch, describes it as language-, platform- and transport-agnostic and says it supports C# and Java “including integration into Visual Studio and Eclipse.” Python and Ruby to come.

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Maureen O'Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, is the Cloud Computing and Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server News" for more than a decade. One of the most respected technology reporters in the business, Maureen can be reached by email at maureen(at)sys-con.com or paperboy(at)g2news.com, and by phone at 516 759-7025. Twitter: @MaureenOGara

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