IT companies are hooking up like divorcees at a Vegas wedding chapel

The ZapThink guys have it right that this is only the second inning (given the weather, it can’t be too soon for baseball metaphors) of a nine-inning outing of SOA components and supplier consolidation.

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XML viruses threaten Web services security

“XML and Web services cut through existing firewalls and email-based spam and virus filters like a hot knife through butter,” said Ron Schmelzer, senior analyst at Waltham, Mass.-based ZapThink LLC. “Existing routers don’t inspect the actual content at the level necessary to deal with XML-based virus and content-based attacks.”

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XML viruses threaten Web services security

“XML and Web services cut through existing firewalls and email-based spam and virus filters like a hot knife through butter,” said Ron Schmelzer, senior analyst at Waltham, Mass.-based ZapThink LLC. “Existing routers don’t inspect the actual content at the level necessary to deal with XML-based virus and content-based attacks.”

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Fine-Tuning Of The Internet

“XML smooths things for servers and programmers,” said Ron Schmelzer, an analyst at the research firm ZapThink. “But it puts new strains on the network guys.”

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Overview of Web Services Security

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“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.

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ZapNote: Symantec

For many software vendors, Web Service-enabling their product line is a daunting task. For such companies, Web Services represent more than simplified integration; they often represent a new approach to building and delivering software. Symantec, on the other hand, considers moving to Web Services a straightforward evolutionary product development step. The difference? Symantec has been delivering software as an automatic service for years, under their LiveUpdate brand. For Symantec, Web Services provide them an open standards-based approach to providing customer value following a business model they have already perfected.