Overview of Web Services Security

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OASIS Works to ID Distributed Directory Services

ZapThink analyst Ronald Schmelzer discussed the tackling of XRI with internetnews.com.

“The XRI idea is a good one, although it really conflicts with many of the initiatives for using URLs within the context of Web Services. For example, much of the purpose of UDDI is to facilitate the dynamic discovery and binding to services that themselves are defined at specific URLs. Thus, the URLs represent a specific binding location and UDDI should be the way to isolate us from having to know those URLs ahead of time — an automated search engine, to overly simplify things. However, XRI claims that they will be working within the concept of URIs and directory services, such as UDDI. But, the challenge is to get their XRI naming mechanism adopted by those that facilitate creation and deployment of Web Services.”

Read more at: Internetnews.com

Standards body tries to improve on URLs

“You can think of XRI as a system that provides ‘URLs for everything’–data, systems, organizations, services and people. Currently, we don’t have a single, application and protocol-neutral way for identifying these types of resources,” said Jason Bloomberg, an analyst at ZapThink.

The challenge that OASIS and XRI backers face is the pervasiveness of URLs, said Ronald Schmelzer, an analyst at ZapThink.

“Sure, things would work better if the universe used XRIs to identify location-independent services, but it will require widespread and consistent implementation,” said Schmelzer. “They will need support of the WS-I (Web services Interoperability Organization) as well as the ‘heavyweights’–IBM, Microsoft, Sun, BEA and others–to make this happen.”

Read more at: CNet (News.com)

OASIS seeks URI scheme to accommodate XML, Web services

Analyst Ronald Schmelzer, of ZapThink in Boston, said in a prepared statement that industry support for XRI will be needed from major vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, BEA Systems, and Sun Microsystems. The WS-I (Web Services Interoperability Organization) also will need to support the XRI effort, Schmelzer said.

“This might be an example of a great technology concept with major adoption challenges,” Schmelzer said. As of press time, the four vendors had not yet responded to inquiries from Infoworld.

Read more at: InfoWorld

Web Services Security Technologies & Markets

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What You Need to Know About Web Services Security

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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.

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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.