F5 Networks Announces DevCentral — An Online Collaborative Resource to Support Fast-Growing iControl Adoption

“F5 DevCentral offers a unique approach in building a developer community by bringing two disparate groups together — network professionals and application developers,” said Ron Schmelzer, senior analyst at ZapThink, LLC. “Never before have application developers had the power to manage devices on the network through Web services-based software applications. With iControl and DevCentral, the possibilities are virtually limitless. DevCentral offers a central place for these newly-empowered developers to learn the basics of solutions development and quickly take advantage of the benefits associated with cohesive integration between networks and applications.”

Read more at: Business Wire

Security firms seek common tongue

The need for a better way of sharing data on security risks is becoming increasingly important, particularly as the use of Web services takes hold, said Ron Schmelzer, an analyst at ZapThink.

Web services applications “will continuously need to be on the lookout for security vulnerabilities and interact with each other to provide a cohesive network of secured systems,” said Schmelzer.

Read more at: CNet and BusinessWeek

OASIS Wants to Classify Web Security

ZapThink Senior Analyst Ronald Schmelzer discussed the importance of WAS and AVDL as they apply to Web services (define), which is where software development is heading, and by extension, an area attackers could try to exploit.

Schmelzer said because Web services will provide access to systems through an abstracted interface, it becomes harder for systems to get a grasp on who is making a request for application functionality and whether that person is authorized.

Read more at: Internetnews.com

OASIS Panel Will Develop Common Language For App Security

The effort by OASIS, which stands for the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, is also expected to provide consistency in describing vulnerabilities that are sure to arise as companies build and deploy applications based on emerging Web services standards, Ronald Schmelzer, analyst for high-tech researcher ZapThink LLC, said.

Read more at: TechWeb / CRN

Les produits de sécurisation des services web arrivent

Il encapsule tout type d’information structurée et représente 2 % du trafic internet à l’heure actuelle, mais devrait monter à 25 % en 2006, selon le cabinet d’analystes ZapThink.

Read more at: 01 Informatique (French)

XML Proxies

As the use and proliferation of XML and Web Services spreads throughout the corporate IT environment, so too will the demands on optimizing the performance of the XML data and applying enterprise-wide XML policies. Increasingly organizations are seeking to find solutions that can transparently monitor XML traffic on the network and apply business rules or corporate IT policies such as security, routing, performance, management, transformation, or end-point connection provisioning. Enterprises will implement XML Proxies, which can be either hardware Network Appliances,software Proxies, or software Firewalls, as a transparent layer over current LAN and WAN traffic, monitoring and acting on XML data as dictated by pre-configured rules.

XML Proxies

As the use and proliferation of XML and Web Services spreads throughout the corporate IT environment, so too will the demands on optimizing the performance of the XML data and applying enterprise-wide XML policies. Increasingly organizations are seeking to find solutions that can transparently monitor XML traffic on the network and apply business rules or corporate IT policies such as security, routing, performance, management, transformation, or end-point connection provisioning. Enterprises will implement XML Proxies, which can be either hardware Network Appliances,software Proxies, or software Firewalls, as a transparent layer over current LAN and WAN traffic, monitoring and acting on XML data as dictated by pre-configured rules.