Posts Tagged ‘oasis’

VOSibilities podcast #11: Kim Pease on using WS-Security in services-based applications

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

I am very pleased to be able to post another fascinating talk from our own Kim Pease. This time, Kim makes clear a topic that we have repeatedly heard is on the minds of developers and managers alike: application security in a messaging environment. Kim pays special attention to all the WS-Security options and explains, among other things, why some authentication and encryption options are recommended in the WS-Security standards.

Normal application security is, ’scuse the ugly metaphor, a hairy ball of wax. But when you add in the additional requirements necessary to deal with a messaging-driven, services-based application environment, the complexity can overwhelm you. WS-I…SAML…WS-I…it can all become mush. Or, as least it seems this way until Kim clearly describes each part of the standard and then delivers a demonstration of the most important OASIS specifications in a demo.

Due to the depth of this topic, this podcast episode runs about 18 minutes. There are two versions posted here. The .avi format is encoded at 1024×768 and uses a standard DivX codec. The .m4v is formatted for the iPod at 640×480. The .m4v will play on the blog at half size (320×480), though it plays at full size on iTunes and on the iPod.

Based on the very good response to Kim’s last talk, I expect many of you will find it well worth the bandwidth to download either or both versions for reference at your leisure.

 
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Active Endpoints releases milestone 1 of ActiveBPEL Community Edition with BPEL4People

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Today, Active Endpoints announced availability of ActiveBPEL Community Edition Server 5.0. The community edition contains the first implementation of BPEL4People.

Also today, OASIS announced the formation of a technical committee focused on finalizing the BPEL4People specification. We are participating in this technical committee and look forward to BPEL4People once and for all eliminating proprietary workflow from enterprise applications.

You can read more about Community Edition in our press release, attached to this post.

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