A Need for SOA

Podcast by D. Linthicum on the topic of IT Failures and the need for SOA

Read more at: InfoWorld

Security key goal for Web services group

“Once the WS-I starts diving into the meat of things, like security, messaging, reliability and transactions, the question becomes whether it will get the support of vendors–and will they have the compliance schemes,” said Ron Schmelzer, an analyst at ZapThink. “That remains to be seen. And in order for it to work, it can’t be a political process.”

Read more at: CNet (also in BusinessWeek and ZDNet)

Network Identity: Decision Time

Leave it to Microsoft to stretch the definition on what standards-based technology really means.

“TrustBridge only supports companies using Kerberos,” explains Jason Bloomberg, senior analyst at ZapThink, “which is the encryption technology heavily favored by Microsoft.”

Read more at: Sun Inner Circle

ZapNote: RSA Security

RSA Security has been in the encryption business since day one, and they have since successfully leveraged their early leadership to offer a range of security products and technologies in the application security space. RSA offers encryption components that form the basis of many of the evolving XML security efforts on the market today, such as XML Digital Signature, and their pioneering work with the Security Assertions Markup Language (SAML) has affirmed their position as a leader in the identity management product space.

The Liberty Alliance: Circle of Mistrust

After almost a year of work, the Liberty Alliance (http://www.projectliberty.org) launched its first set of specifications, giving users simplified sign-on to Web sites from any platform or device as well as federated identity across multiple systems. The Liberty Alliance, led by Sun Microsystems, features an enterprise-heavy membership roster, including …

“When Will XML’s Time Come?”

In financial services, the picture is murkier. Plenty of financial service providers have implemented XML. But too many companies are trying to be the first to gain a competitive advantage with XML-based systems, and then force their own standards on their partners. The result: confusion, acrimony and duplication of effort, says Ron Schmelzer, founder and senior analyst with XML market researcher ZapThink LLC.

Read more at: CIO Insight