[DotGNU]Secure Webservices? Fwd: XML.org Daily Newslink. Monday, 28 July 2003

[James Michael DuPont]

I was wondering what you guys think of the new moves on the webservices
front from MS and SUN?
mike
--- Robin Cover <address@hidden> wrote:
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> Subject: XML.org Daily Newslink. Monday, 28 July 2003

> XML.org Daily Newslink.  Monday, 28 July 2003
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> HEADLINES:
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> * Microsoft Brings Secure Web Services Closer
> * Sun Proposes New Web Services Specs
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> 
> Microsoft Brings Secure Web Services Closer
> John McIntosh,
> Monday 28th July 2003
> 
> As the noise of secure communications and identify management
> continues
> unabated and vendors clamour at the door, Microsoft's recent
> announcement of Web Services Enhancements 2.0 might have been missed.
> This is a significant announcement, not because it comes from
> Microsoft
> but because of what it potentially means to the Web Services market
> and
> the security market.  WSE is important because it introduces for the
> first time the ability to test the theories behind emerging
> WS-Security
> standards. Essentially, is it possible to build a system that can
> securely expose internal systems to partners as Web services,
> leveraging existing technology investments to generate future revenue
> opportunities?
> 
> http://www.it-director.com/article.php?articleid=11087
> 
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> 
> Sun Proposes New Web Services Specs
> Martin LaMonica, CNET News.com
> 
> Sun Microsystems and a handful of partners on Monday are seeking the
> approval of Web services specifications for coordinating electronic
> transactions.  Sun, Oracle, Iona Technologies, Fujitsu Software, and
> Arjuna Technologies will submit the Web Services Composite
> Applications
> Framework (WS-CAF) specifications to either the W3C or OASIS in the
> next several weeks. WS-CAF compromises three individual
> specifications
> and proposes a mechanism for coordinating transactions across many
> machines in multistep business processes. The authors of the
> specifications hope simplified interactions between Web services will
> allow companies to assemble business applications with Web services
> more quickly.
> 
> http://news.com.com/2100-1013_3-5055658.html


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James Michael DuPont
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/

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