AMD, Dell, Intel, Microsoft and Sun Released WS-Management, a New Web Services Specification
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WS-Management addresses the cost and complexity of IT management by providing a common way for systems to access and exchange management information across their entire IT systems. A group of leading companies present the specification to the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) to be adopted as an industry wide standard.
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SWsoft is preparing a beta version of Parallels Server virtualization and management tools.
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com October 22, 2004, 8:26 AM PT. This priority retains its ranking at number five as more and more companies deploy Web Services to share business logic, data and processes with each other and with clients.
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A guide to Computerworld's recent coverage of Web services and service-oriented architectures, including user applications, security issues and predictions.
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CompaniesÂ Web services orchestration platforms share linkage through Collaxa
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The ActiveBPEL(R) engine is a Business Process Management (BPM) runtime environment for executing process definitions created to the Business Process Execution Language for Web Services (BPEL) 1.1 and WS-BPEL 2.0 specifications. It is written in Java and   Active Endpoints today announced the availability of Milestone 1 of ActiveBPELÃÂ® Community Edition 5.0 Server. ActiveBPEL 5.0 represents the worldÃ¢â¬â¢s first release of an open-source implementation of both BPEL4People and WS-Human Task. These specifications allow human interactions to be included in services-based applications. By incorporating human tasks in composite applications, WS-Human Task and BPEL4People expand project teamsÃ¢â¬â¢ flexibility and efficiency in delivering standards-based solutions.  Features and availability Milestone 1 of ActiveBPEL Community Edition 5.0 Server is available for download at http://www.active-endpoints.com/active-bpel-engine-overview.htm In addition to containing BPEL4People and WS-Human Task, ActiveBPEL Community Edition 5.0 Server provides comprehensive support of the BPEL 1.1 specification and the WS-BPEL 2.0 standard. The server supports the full complement of BPEL activities including event handling, exception handling and scope/compensation management. The ActiveBPEL Community Edition 5.0 Server also includes advanced capabilities such as deployment packaging, process persistence, event notifications and console APIs. Developers and others interested in gaining early experience with the standards-based systems for creating services-based applications are invited to download the Milestone 1 release as an introduction to the full capabilities of a visual orchestration system.
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This White Paper from Optimyz, discusses how to use WebServiceTester, a comprehensive web services testing solution that performs Automatic Test Suite and Data Generation, Functional Testing, Web Services Orchestration/Workflow Testing, Secure Web Services Testing, Interoperability/Conformance and Regression Testing, Load/Stress &amp; Performance Testing and Web Services Diagnostics &amp; debugging.
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Cape Clear release this industry solution &quot;in response to the rapid adoption of Web services, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), and the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) integration platform throughout the telecommunications industry.&quot;
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Application developers got several new options last week as Sun Microsystems updated J2SE, Borland upped its CORBA ante, and Compuware announced products that will work with Microsoftâs Visual Studio 2005 toolbox.
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The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) on Tuesday announced three new profiles have been published as &quot;Final Material:&quot; Basic Profile 1.1, Attachments Profile 1.0, and Simple SOAP Binding Profile 1.0.
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InfoWorld - With open-source software being formally introduced Monday, WSO2 seeks to bridge the Ruby programming language and the Ruby on Rails Web framework with the SOA and Web services spaces.
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An investor's guide to service-oriented architecture
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Microsoft and Sun Microsystems will publish a specification to use web services for managing a broad range of IT systems including PCs and devices on a network.
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com October 29, 2004, 10:41 AM PT. This priority retains its ranking at number five as more and more companies deploy Web Services to share business logic, data and processes with each other and with clients.
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A host of companies led by Microsoft (Quote, Chart) and Intel has revised and released a specification for making sure computer systems have a common way to communicate.
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The industryâs latest allies -- Microsoft and Sun -- have supported the publication of Web Services Management (WS-Management), a Web services specification that provides a common way for enterprises to access and exchange management information across
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(InfoWorld) - Emphasizing SOA, the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) on Monday is publishing draft documents on Web services and security, and seeks public feedback. SOA architects have been awaiting these deliverables, which provide guidance on interoperability for core Web services and business processes in enterprises, WS-I said. "The Web services specifications and the Web services stack is the underlying technology for SOA," said Michael Bechauf, WS-I chairman and SAP vice president of industry standards. Formed in 2002, WS-I focuses on helping vendors and users implement Web services rather than having users labor with the multitude of specifications. "At the end of the day, the end user really shouldn't care about the underlying specifications," Bechauf said. WS-I features members such as IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and Sun Microsystems. Working Group Drafts being published include Basic Profile 1.2, Basic Security Profile 1.1, and Reliable Secure Profile 1.0 Usage Scenarios. The draft documents are up for public and member review and are expected to be approved early in 2007. "The tangible results will be that vendors will actually build solutions according to those profiles," with users assured that the systems will work together, Bechauf said. Basic Profile 1.2 is the revision of the Basic Profile 1.1, which offers guidance on basic interoperability of the Web services stack. Version 1.2 incorporates errata and includes requirements pertaining to serialization of Web services envelopes and their representation in messages from the WS-I Simple SOAP Binding Profile 1.0. The new profile was constructed mostly using WS-Addressing, which defines a standard mechanism for identifying and exchanging Web services messages between endpoints. Specifications incorporated into Basic Profile 1.2 include Core, SOAP Binding, and WSDL Binding specifications pertinent to WS-Addressing 1.0.Â Â  Comments on Basic Profile may be e-mailed here: wsbasic_comment@ws-i.org WS-I Basic Profiles make life easier for developers by focusing on what they need to know to make Web services work, said analyst Anne Thomas Manes, vice president and research director at Burton Group. "I think the WS-I Basic Profiles are always a good thing because they constrain the specifications, so it gives developers fewer things to worry about," Manes said. "The main reason that you want profiles is they explain how to use the specifications the right way and ensure that you will get a better chance of achieving interoperability," Manes said. She acknowledged that the plethora of Web services specifications can cause confusion among developers. Manes said she has counted 52 WS-* (spoken as âws starâ) specifications for standardizing Web services operations. "That's enough to make anybody's head spin," Manes said. WS-I has been providing guidance on Web services specifications to OASIS, which oversees many of them, Manes said. "A lot of people think that WS-I hasnât done anything for two years but in fact it has," Manes said. Also on the WS-I docket for Monday, the Working Group Draft of Basic Security Profile 1.1 revises the 1.0 version of the document and incorporates errata to data. It profiles WS-Security 1.1 and WS-Security token profiles, including Username, X.500, Kerberos, and SAML (Security Access Markup Language). Feedback on Security Profile 1.1 can be submitted to this e-mail address: wsi_secprofile_comment@lists.ws-i.org The Working Group Draft of Reliable Secure Profile 1.0 Usage Scenarios features guidance on use of Reliable Secure Profile. It features specifications such as WS-ReliableMessaging 1.1 and WS-SecureConversation 1.3 as well as WS-I's Basic Profiles and Basic Security Profiles. Feedback on the Usage Scenarios can be e-mailed to this address: wsi_rsp_comment@lists.ws-i.org. WS-I documents are accessible at the WS-I Web site.