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Giants forging Web services consortium
News.Com: Giants forging Web services consortium.
InfoWorld: IBM, Microsoft, BEA partner on Web services.
IN AN ATTEMPT to ensure consistency in the development of Web services, IBM, Microsoft, and BEA Systems on Thursday will announce a software group the purpose of which will be to promote existing and future standards as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Organization for the Advancement Of Structured Information Standards (OASIS).
According to those who are familiar with the charter of the new group, called the Web Service Interoperability Organization, it will campaign to better educate developers about how to build Web services as well as advocate the consistency of building block standards such as SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol), UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration), and the WSDL (Web Services Description Language).
And, perhaps more importantly, the group will be actively encouraging the consistency of future Web services standards to come that address fundamental capabilities such as transactions management systems, security, identification, and authorization, sources said.
Funk to ship 802.1x server solution in February
Funk to ship 802.1x server solution in February [Network Fusion World]: Funk’s software is apparently a full implementation of the 802.1x draft standard, according to the article. The writer says that the server completes three separate tasks, but in my understanding those tasks are all part of the 802.1x spec: secure exchange of authentication information handed to and from a RADIUS server, with the AP acting as a relay instead of an authenticator itself.
The Meter is Running… but CIOs are saying “STOP THE CAB!”
CIO: The Meter is Running… but CIOs are saying “STOP THE CAB!”
Microsoft’s wildly unpopular Licensing 6.0 and Software Assurance plan unleashed outrage from CIOs and forced the company to make major concessions. Licensing 6.0 replaces confusing upgrade rules and options with a yearly subscription plan known as Software Assurance. Customers pay for the original license and a yearly fee, and are covered for all upgrades. But CIOs were enraged to find that Software Assurance would raise software costs 25 percent to 29 percent over the cost of the original license every year companies use the software. Not signing up for Software Assurance by Microsoft’s deadline would cost companies two to three times more than it did under the old licensing rules because they would be forced to buy the new license to get upgrades. Microsoft claims the plan won’t cost most customers any extra, and it conceded two deadline extensions and waived some hard-line requirements. But organizations ranging from the $10 billion Burlington Northern railway to the hamlet of Murray, Utah, say they want no part of Software Assurance, and polls indicate they are in the majority.
Apache XML project releases Xerces 2.0.0
Apache XML project releases Xerces 2.0.0. Xerces 2 for Java, the Apache XML Project’s second generation XML parser, has now finished its beta phase and is considered production quality. [xmlhack]
Avoiding Commodity Status
Jakob Nielsen, Useit.Com: Avoiding Commodity Status. However, industrial design is not the main road ahead for computers. Improved software design is much more important. This does require some thinking, and it’s not Steve Job’s strategy, but I believe that software innovations are the main way to differentiate both high-tech products and websites. [Tomalak’s Realm]
E-business edgy after hackers shutter firm
E-business edgy after hackers shutter firm. CNN Feb 3 2002 11:16AM ET [Moreover – Computer security news]
Interactive Week Feb 1 2002 2:10PM ET
Interactive Week Feb 1 2002 2:10PM ET
A new service from McAfee will soon let you discover whether anyone is hacking into your system, and if so, let you submit that information to the malicious user’s ISP or local law enforcement officials.
The project, known as HackerWatch.org, is an ambitious attempt by McAfee, a division of Network Associates best known for its antivirus products, to create an interactive anti-hacker community online. But will it make a difference?
Sam Curry, who has overseen firewall development at McAfee for some time, said HackerWatch is intended “not to start any witch hunts, but to get good quality information” from its users. To help it reach that goal, McAfee recently merged with NeoWorx, a company best known for NeoTrace, a product used by law enforcement to trace malicious users.
Understanding IDS Active Response Mechanisms
SecurityFocus:
Understanding IDS Active Response Mechanisms
by Jason Larsen, and Jed Haile
