Web Development News & Resources


W3C Publishes Web Services Policy 1.5

Group devises a more flexible method of handling policy changes for Web services and service-oriented architectures.

Microsoft To Buy Parlano

Microsoft announced on Thursday that it intends to buy Parlano, a Chicago-based company it has already worked closely with on enterprise communications software.

iTKO Bolsters SOA Load Testing Capabilities

An upgrade to the company's flagship product lets users automate test cases in service-oriented architectures.

Search Changes Coming in Vista SP1

Although Microsoft didn't mention it in today's announcement about the upcoming release of Windows Vista SP1, the company confirmed today that one of the major changes will be to open up desktop search functionality to competition.

Governance Is Key to SOA, Panelists Say

A SOA Consortium panel describes why businesses need governance to properly steer their service-oriented architecture (SOA) efforts.

IBM Launches Federal SOA Cert Program

New educational program for SOA novices and federal IT professionals will start next month.

WSO2 Web Services Dev Tools Announced

WSO2 has released two new open source products for developers of Web services applications. The company is currently offering its Web Services Framework for C (WSF/C) 1.0 product, as well as its Web Services Framework for PHP (WSF/PHP) 1.0 product.

WSO2 Web Services Dev Tools Announced

The company's open source solutions help developers generate applications for Web services, based on C or PHP code.

Spring Web Services 1.0 Released

Java programmers who like the open source Spring Framework can develop applications for Web services using the newly released Spring Web Services 1.0 stack.

SOA's 'Lack of ROI' Cited in Report

Companies aren't seeing much in the way of return on investment from service-oriented architectures -- yet, according to survey results.

Spring Web Services 1.0 Released

Java programmers can use the Spring Framework for Web services development.

Federation and Management Spec Unveiled

The CMDB Federation (CMDBf) announced the availability of a draft specification that describes a way to share information between configuration management databases (CMDBs) and management data repositories (MDRs).

Federation and Management Spec Unveiled

Group releases CMDBf draft with the aim of helping enterprises better manage IT information across platforms.

SOA Security Basics

Get an early grip on the security issues involved with SOA, an expert advises.

SOA for Your Home

An IBM architect turned his home into a service-oriented architecture demonstration project.