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 ...

The specification that will serve as the foundation for building security into Web services was officially ratified as a standard last week, paving the way for widespread corporate adoption. The full ...

A standards body is hoping to remove one of the biggest hurdles standing in the way of greater Web services adoption. The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) on Monday said that it has ...

OASIS approved WS-Security 1.1 as an official standard, establishing a foundation for securing distributed applications and Web services. A standards body on Wednesday gave final approval to a ...

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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 ...

At the Burton Group's Catalyst conference in San Francisco, IBM, Microsoft, BEA Systems, RSA Security and VeriSign will debut the publication of three new specifications extending WS-Security and ...

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

The Web Services Interoperability Organization forms a working group to make sure that Web services security products can communicate with each other. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green ...

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 ...

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 ...