Red Oak Software has released Web Clipper, an enterprise-class software that fully automates the creation and deployment of web clipping portlets. Web Clipper is said to be the first standalone web clipping application integration solution built on the Eclipse open source Java environment.

Web Clipper is a professional tool that enables users build, test and deploy discreet portions of existing web applications into Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) enterprise portals more easily and efficiently. It is comprised of two components – a workbench that automates the creation of web clipping portlets and a server-based runtime to support portal deployment. Red Oak officials say users can visually create web clippings without any programming and deploy them as an industry-standard JSR 168 portlets or portlets for any leading SOA portal, including SAP and Vignette.

Portal developers and consultants can also use the Web Clipper Workbench and its intuitive visual editing interface to select web application functionality and auto-generate any standard portlet. The key features of Web Clipper include:

• Sophisticated Visual Development: Web Clipper Workbench includes various visual process editors to automate the design, testing and deployment of standard portlets. It also contains a limited runtime to support a complete development cycle from creation through proof of concept deployment.
• Standardized Web Clipping: Web Clipper can quickly and efficiently ass customized portlets – functional subsections of other web applications.
• Java IDE Plug-in: It ships as an Eclipse plug-in, providing seamless access to the full-featured environment for developing Java solutions.
• IBM, BEA and Oracle compatibility: As an Eclipse plug-in, Web Clipper will work seamlessly with all existing major vendor IDEs based on Eclipse, such as IBM’s Rational Application Developer, BEA’s WebLogic Workshop and Oracle’s Portlet Factory.
• Platform Integration and Team Support: Web Clipper directly supports the team versioning and control functions provided by Eclipse, enabling users to share projects and work collaboratively.
• Efficient and Scalable Runtime: Web Clipper's Runtime Server provides superior performance that scales easily to meet the demands of even the largest enterprise portal deployments. The runtime is fully compatible with all major SOA Portal products.

Web Clipper Workbench is priced at USD840 per user with first year maintenance and technical support. The workbench includes a limited runtime to support the full cycle of development, testing and proof of concept deployment. The unlimited Web Clipper Runtime Server Module is priced at USD4,195 per 2-CPU server including maintenance and support.