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What's new in RSSBus V2.0?

For Service Users

• New public service interface provides services consumers with easy service discovery features.
• RSSBus V2 now has a new web based service configuration UI that makes it easy to configure service calls.
• New service output formats
• @xls - Dynamic Excel spreadsheets with embedded input parameters. Users change these parameters to automatically refresh the data.
• @soap - Support for SOAP Service calls
• @wsdl - SOAP WSDL based on service info.
• @csv - Comma separated file output for easy integration with legacy formats
• @tsv - Tab separated file output for easy integration with legacy formats

For Service Developers

• New and Updated RSBScript Keywords
• rsb:import - Load Connectors from the .NET Global Assembly Cache, and load different Connector versions explicitly
• rsb:connector - Create new Connectors directly from rsb:script. Easily reuse script customizations in more than one service.
• rsb:info - Supports richer meta-information, such as keywords, style etc.
• rsb:call - Updated to record and push items that have not been previously accessed
• Completely revamped and updated RSSBus Users Guide, updated with new examples

For RSSBus Connector Developers

• RSBFileService provides an easy access layer that can work with the file system or variety of other data stores.

RSSBus Desktop V2 Specific Enhancements

• New easy-to-use command-line interface offers the full power of the RSSBus Desktop. Call Desktop services and operations directly from the command-line. Combine command calls with the Windows scheduler to automate integration tasks.

Easily Create RSS 2.0 / ATOM Feeds from any Source - RSSBus can generate dynamic RSS feeds from any source, using any of the pre-built connectors, or through custom connectors that extend RSSBus.

• Create Feeds from CRM Systems (Salesforce, Microsoft CRM, SugarCRM etc.) to monitor new leads
• Create Feeds from EBay, Amazon, Yahoo, or other online sales accounts for new order information
• Create Feeds from Active Directory to watch for new user accounts
• Create Feeds from Credit Card and Bank accounts to monitor for fraudulent activity
• Create Feeds from Accounting packages like Quickbooks or Peachtree
• Create Feeds from the file system Network Share to keep track of file changes
• Create Feeds from Database queries (SQL, Oracle, TSV, Excel, etc.)

Automate and Connect Data - Use any of the dozens of pre-built connectors to pipe data between any data sources.

Add a simple API to your Website/Web application - RSSBus Feed Server can be easily integrated with any web site or web application providing a REST-like service entrypoint. Use RSSBus to create dynamic RSS Feeds, or use RSSBus as an integration component for interfacing with other sources directly.

Based on a Fully Extensible Plug-in Architecture - RSSBus has been designed for extensibility:

• New Connectors can be easily added to access data from new sources
• Feed formats easily altered to produce JSON, ATOM, XML, Excel, HTML, or anything else
• Security and logging can be extended to support additional configurations

Enterprise Class Security and Performance - As a fully managed ASP.NET application, the RSSBus Feed Server leverages the rich features of IIS and ASP.NET for security and performance to provide a solid platform for Feed based SOA.

User-friendly Web Based Interface - Easy-to-use Feed creation wizards walk through the process of creating, configuring, and exposing RSS Feeds.

Templating and Data Transformation - Customizable output templating provides limitless possibilities for data integation.

Support for SSL Security (Secure RSS) - Leveraging IIS, RSSBus Feed Server is enabled with secure data communications using strong SSL encryption and digital certificates.

RSS Feed Authentication - Based on ASP.NET and IIS configuration, feeds can be configured to require various authentication schemes including Basic, NTLM, etc.

Logging and Performance Monitoring - Advanced error logging and reporting facilities for monitoring feed errors, application errors, or user defined parameters.

Desktop features

• Produce and Consume Simple Services
• Access to hundreds of RSSBus Connectors
• Simple Service Data Transformation
• Public Service Discovery and Configuration
• Command-Line Tools

Server Features

• Produce and Consume Simple Services
• Access to hundreds of RSSBus Connectors
• Simple Service Data Transformation
• Public Service Discovery and Configuration
• Command-Line Tools
• Security through SSL & Digital Certificates
• User Authentication
• Unlimited Concurrent Client Access