“Burning for Web services”

Its SAML-assertion capability makes SOAP Content Inspector a cut above the competing XML firewalls flooding the market, such as those from Vordel, Westbridge Technologies, and Reactivity, said Jason Bloomberg, a security analyst at ZapThink, a Web services research company in Boston.

Read more at: InfoWorld

“It’s Got Content”

Ron Schmelzer, senior analyst with ZapThink, says Tarari is the first to develop processors that will have the ability to not only process packets, but really understand the traffic that is going over the network.

“What Tarari is bringing to the foreforont is a specialized chipset that can process content at wire speeds,” he said.

Read more at: Electronic News

XML and Web Services Security (Japanese)

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Read more at: IT Pro (Japanese)

XML Security Technology Landscape

Security is the immediate roadblock facing widespread implementation of Web Services technologies across the enterprise. As a result, many software vendors are throwing their hat into the XML and Web Services security ring, offering a broad and confusing number of solutions to a variety of real and perceived problems. However, much of this effort amounts to jostling for defensible market positioning ahead of a solid demand for enterprise-class XML and Web Security products and services. As a result, ZapThink believes that the emerging market for XML and Web Services security solutions will be characterized by a period of turbulence, as companies struggle to clarify their messages and shake the kinks out of their product offerings.

XML and Web Services Security

Security is the immediate roadblock facing widespread implementation of Web Services technologies across the enterprise. As a result, many software vendors are throwing their hat into the XML and Web Services security ring, offering a broad and confusing number of solutions to a variety of real and perceived problems. However, much of this effort amounts to jostling for defensible market positioning ahead of a solid demand for enterprise-class XML and Web Security products and services. As a result, ZapThink believes that the emerging market for XML and Web Services security solutions will be characterized by a period of turbulence, as companies struggle to clarify their messages and shake the kinks out of their product offerings.

XML & Web Services Security

Security is the immediate roadblock facing widespread implementation of Web Services technologies across the enterprise. As a result, many software vendors are throwing their hat into the XML and Web Services security ring, offering a broad and confusing number of solutions to a variety of real and perceived problems. However, much of this effort amounts to jostling for defensible market positioning ahead of a solid demand for enterprise-class XML and Web Security products and services. As a result, ZapThink believes that the emerging market for XML and Web Services security solutions will be characterized by a period of turbulence, as companies struggle to clarify their messages and shake the kinks out of their product offerings.