Web services represent a powerful model that allows for remote data exchange using Internet standard protocols in a platform- and language-neutral way. This message-based approach, transmitted via ...

Though it was initially hailed as the Holy Grail of interoperable computing, most companies have pursued only limited adoption of Web services. On the Internet, Web services have been relegated to ...

A very anticipated Web services specification has been approved as an industry standard, paving the way for broader usage of Web services protocols in mainstream business applications. The Web ...

More known for political snits than tech leadership, the Web Services Interoperability group, backed by IBM and others, shoots for a turnaround. But the first step's a doozy. Martin LaMonica is a ...

When you hear that security is one of the missing pieces of Web services, you’re probably listening to a discussion about complex SOAs that demand newfangled security protocols yet to be submitted to ...

The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) announced on Tuesday publication of its WS-I Basic Security Profile 1.0 , serving as a guide for enabling secure, interoperable Web services. The ...

A core concept that underlies the architecture involves crosscutting concerns. A "concern" is any concept related to the system. For example, in a banking application, crediting and debiting customer ...

Apache officials hope to iron out licensing issues with Microsoft and IBM pertaining to the WS-Security specification, so that Apache can add the technology to its open source Axis SOAP stack. Axis is ...

The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) announced the publication of the WS-I Basic Security Profile (BSP) 1.0 as final material for public access. BSP 1.0 is an essential guide for ...

The Security Assertions Markup Language (SAML) isn’t the only Web services security specification under way. In June, IBM, Microsoft Corp. and VeriSign Inc. submitted the latest version of the Web ...

The idea of business partners sharing security policies for electronic transactions is relatively new. Until the advent of Web services and service-oriented architecture (SOA), most electronic ...

XML standards body OASIS ratifies WS-Security as a standard, considered a milestone in making Web services a viable alternative to proprietary security systems. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...