In the most radical articulation of service enablement, traditional software
development will be almost entirely supplanted by a virtual paradigm which
disparate Web services are orchestrated dynamically to power composite applications.
Systinet announced on Monday the release of version 6.0 of its Systinet Server product family for creating Java and C++ Web services.
Just in case you weren’t paying attention: webMethods released on Monday the results of a survey that reveals SOAs and Web services are catching on with global 2000 companies.
Forum Systems recently introduced its Unified Policy Management application, which creates, manages, deploys and governs service-oriented architecture security policies and Web services.
Flashline recently introduced a new platform that it says manages and governs the entire chain of relationships—from corporate objectives to business services, applications, Web services and components.
IBM Global Services recently brought two new partners into its SOA Management Practice and added to its governance and Web services management capabilities.
To get the broader benefits of service-oriented architecture—reuse, agility and runtime governance—companies need to design their SOAs deliberately.
Big Blue packed in more than 175 new collaboration features and tools, such as a Web services design element, automatic monitoring tools and visual indicators, to the latest release of its Lotus Notes and Domino messaging platform.
Many enterprises, and IT teams specifically, are implementing sophisticated risk-mitigation strategies that let them better understand and more effectively manage the risks they face.
The Apache Software Foundation has been talking up Synapse, an open-source project to develop an interoperable framework for Web service infrastructure software, including an enterprise service bus, Web services brokers and Web services management products.
The Liberty Alliance Project, a global consortium for open federated identity standards and identity-based Web services, announced that products from eight companies passed testing at Liberty’s most recent interoperability conformance event.
SOA Software said yesterday that IBM has validated SOA Software's XML VPN product as WS-Trust "Ready for IBM Tivoli Software." SOA Software XML VPN employs WS-Trust to integrate with IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager, allowing the enterprise to exchange secure B2B transactions sharing trusted, end-user identities, SOA says.
JetBlue Airways plans to secure and monitor what the airline anticipates will be a growing number of Web services with the help of SOA Software’s Service Manager.
Cape Clear Software recently updated its enterprise service bus, bolstering its messaging support and adding new features to its orchestration engine.
Much discussion about IT security centers around the idea that developers should build secure applications. It makes sense; more than ever, attackers are targeting vulnerabilities in the application layer. But in an increasingly service-oriented world, in which monolithic applications are being broken down into smaller pieces for reuse, is it practical to expect developers to code security into individual Web services?