TODAY'S TOP STORIES:
SOAP AND XML SECURITY
DataPower's gateway accelerates XML processing and makes it easier to enforce security policies.
The W3C's pending XQuery 1.0 standard brings XML processing deeper into relational database management systems. But XQuery is still both immature and limited. Here's what you need to know.
Web Services' Minority Report
Despite cost and complexity, EII's rewards can be great. Of the seven suites we tested, our top pick demonstrated easy configuration, caching capabilities and exceptional data integration.
We tested three security devices and, although they all impressed, our top pick edged past the others thanks to stellar performance, flexibility and integration. Find out which one it is.
SOAP isn't always the cleanest integration model for your applications. An XML application architecture without SOAP requires few objects and can be implemented easily inside a Java application or servlet.
Is your Layer 7 firewall letting in treacherous XML traffic? All six of the WS-Security gateways we tested can help thwart invaders, but Forum Systems' Sentry stood tall for our Editor's Choice.
Are you ready to deal with the risks of opening your service-oriented architecture to business partners?
XML-based Web services are subject to the same attacks that exploit XML. We'll show you how to batten down the hatches.
To make the most of company data, you must keep up with the changes in its flow--among users, applications and systems. An understanding of XSLT and XPath is essential to anyone managing an IT environment where XML has become commonplace.
As service-oriented architectures move into the IT mainstream, can appliances reduce complexity? We'll find out in our latest Rolling Review.
The first entry in our all-in-one SOA appliance review shows that increased competition means lines between product categories are blurring -- and IT is benefiting.
DataPower's gateway accelerates XML processing and makes it easier to enforce security policies.
Simple Object Access Protocol, or SOAP, takes Web services to the next level by letting your applications communicate with end user applications. We discuss the WSDL specification and how it works with SOAP, and show key samples of code.
DataPower Technology has developed XML acceleration hardware capable of processing data at a rate of a gigabit a second.