SOA News Desk

Smearing Cloud Lipstick on a Legacy Tech Pig

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:45:00 EST

The Cloud Computing Conference and Expo in Santa Clara has come to an end, leaving a fair share of opinion, skepticism, and robust discussion for the period of incubation leading up to the next conference. Many companies have adopted “Cloud-something or other” as their new name, and are aggressively bringing their products to market. We observed exhibitors displaying cloud network management software, cloud email and SMS messaging, cloud security - basically cloud everything.

Likewise Simplifies Upgrade Path for Open Source Authentication Software

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST

Likewise announced that it is offering three starter packs that combine its Likewise Enterprise software with support and training services. The starter packs are designed to help customers move from its open source software to Likewise Enterprise. Likewise Enterprise makes it easy for IT managers to authenticate users, control access to applications and data, centrally manage settings with group policies and create reports for regulatory audits. Likewise Enterprise is also the only solution to provide 100 percent native support for Apple’s Workgroup Manager application.

Cloud Computing: Transformative Technology With Financial Benefits

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:15:00 EST

A majority of executives polled by Deloitte (60.9 percent) believe cloud computing will be a transformative technology in the industry and can drive financial benefits, or at least be useful for certain kinds of enterprise services. The executives were polled recently during the Deloitte webcast, "Cloud Computing in the Enterprise: Not If, But When and How?"

The Virtual Computing Environment Coalition

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST

Worldwide spending on data center technology infrastructure and services exceeds $350 billion annually, according to McKinsey and Company estimates, with half of that spent on capital expenses and half on operating expenses.

Further, an estimated 70 percent or more of those costs are expended to maintain existing infrastructures, leaving 30 percent or less for new technology initiatives and applications that can provide breakthrough differentiation for businesses.

It is also estimated that approximately $85 billion, or 20 percent of this total market, can be addressed with data center virtualization and private cloud technology by 2015.

Cisco and EMC, together with VMware, have introduced the Virtual Computing Environment coalition, an unprecedented collaboration of three information technology (IT) industry leaders.

Virtual Computing Environment Coalition Charter
The coalition has been created to accelerate customers' ability to increase business agility through greater IT infrastructure flexibility, and lower IT, energy and real estate costs through pervasive data center virtualization and a transition to private cloud infrastructures.

Cisco, EMC and VMware have worked closely over the past year on a shared vision for the future of enterprise IT infrastructure -- private cloud computing. A private cloud is a virtual IT infrastructure that is securely controlled and operated solely for one organization.

It can be managed either by that organization or a third party, and it can exist on- or off-premise -- or in combination. Private cloud computing offers the controls and security of today's data center with the agility required for business innovation at substantially lower costs.

The Virtual Computing Environment coalition offers organizations of all sizes an accelerated approach to data center transformation with dramatic efficiencies that promise significant reductions in both capital and operating expenses. As a result, organizations will no longer have to choose between best-of-breed technologies and end-to-end vendor accountability.

Ecosystem Collaboration and Open Innovation
The Virtual Computing Environment coalition already has partners committed to the coalition. This includes representation from the entire partner ecosystem, including systems integrators, value added resellers, service providers, and independent software vendors.

New Value in the Computing System Industry

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST

Cisco's foray into the server market, the merger between Oracle and Sun Microsystem, the acquisition of Fujitsu Siemens Computers by Fujitsu, and the acquisition of Silicon Graphics International by Rackable Systems have stirred the equilibrium in the worldwide computer system industry in 2009. The industry is expected to see more companies engage in horizontal and vertical cooperation. Looking ahead to 2010, as the effects of the global financial crisis continue to be felt, the industry is expected to face changes within the next two to five years resulting from Moore's Law, virtualization, and cloud computing. The computing centralization effect stemming from cloud computing will intensify the competition in the green data center segment. Virtualization, energy-saving, and cloud computing are to lead to more acquisitions and mergers in future.

International Product Communication at SMA Solar Technology AG

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:15:00 EST

SMA Solar Technology AG, listed in the TecDAX of the Frankfurt stock exchange since last year, is the world market leader in photovoltaic inverters, a central component of every solar system. With subsidiaries in eleven countries on four continents, the product and company communication volume, too, has grown considerably. SMA Solar Technology AG has been using the Across Language Server as the central platform for all language resources and translation processes since 2008. It is seamlessly connected to the SCHEMA ST4 editorial system and other interacting systems.

Version 3 of SCHEMA ST4 With Significantly Expanded Features

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST

The new version of SCHEMA ST4 features several highlights, among them the possibility for unified presentation of technical documentation, a new product information management (PIM) module, and more flexibility for the layout of text and graphical elements. In addition, this XML-based editing and content management system now offers extended reporting functionality, allowing users to uncover hidden potential for content reuse. The fully automated conversion of graphics is another option that has been added to the extended features of the new SCHEMA ST4. The software now supports the new EPUB format for the easy display of documentation on mobile devices. SCHEMA GmbH is presenting the new version of SCHEMA ST4 at the tekom annual conference, November 4-6 2009 in Wiesbaden (hall 1, booth 114).

Vordel Appoints Spike Reply as Partner

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST

Vordel’s products provide governance, acceleration, integration, and security for SOA and Cloud Computing. Spike Reply has established a SOA Center of Excellence division to assist its Customers exploit the opportunities presented by adopting a SOA-based approach to their business processes. Built on a bedrock of products from leading vendors, Spike Reply is delivering on its goal of enabling its customers build agile enterprises responsive to increasingly competitive and arduous trading conditions.

Combining Twitter With Site Monitoring

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:15:00 EST

When Google's Gmail is down, thousands complain on Twitter. If Amazon has problems with its cloud services, you hear about it on Twitter. If a web hosting company has issues, you hear about it on Twitter. Twitter has given consumers a voice, and companies are listening. In other words, Twitter has become a discovery engine for service issues. But only if people effectively let the world know about those issues in the first place. Pingdom, a service that monitors the reliability of websites and services on the Internet, has now made it possible to automate this process. Pingdom users can choose to automatically send Twitter status messages when their monitored sites have downtime, notifying not just themselves, but the world.

Virtual Computing, Archiving and IDM at Educause 2009

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:15:00 EST

Versatile's broad expertise in architecting and deploying large scale virtual systems in both the data center and at the desktop are on display at this event. Event attendees will be able to have hands on experience with these technologies including key Versatile technology and engage with Versatile's management. In addition, Versatile will participate in the presentation of Fedora Commons, a solution for storing, managing, and accessing digital content in the form of digital objects. Versatile will also be supporting Duquesne University's presentation of their MultiPass 2.0 application. Developed with the support of Versatile's solution architects, MultiPass 2.0 is built on Sun's IDM solution and provides a "seamless, safe, and secure" end user experience for the creation and/or de-provisioning of accounts across multiple systems and applications. More information is available at: http://www.educause.edu/E09+Hybrid/EDUCAUSE2009FacetoFaceConferen/Identi...

DDN Plans to Roll Out Massive Digital Signage Network with 7-11

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:15:00 EST

This is a deal that has been around for all of this year, and I know the NYC-based guy charged with pulling the technical pieces together. He has been looking at software platforms for months and separating contenders from pretenders based on the criteria he's established. To my knowledge no decision has been made on technology, but if you are not yet aware of it, it is probably pretty pretty darn late to try to get in on it.

Keep Your Executive Assistant Happy if Moving to the Cloud

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST

Google held a small event in London late last month, at which senior executives from a wide range of organisations gathered to discuss the impact of the Cloud. Presenters included luminaries such as Marc Benioff, Werner Vogels, Geoffrey Moore and Nick Carr, as well as CIOs at the coalface in adopting various Cloud (mainly SaaS) [...]

Cisco, EMC, VMware & Intel Form Acadia JV

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:15:00 EST

Cisco and EMC Tuesday kicked off a cloud-chasing joint venture called Acadia that includes VMware and Intel as minority investors. Presumably they took the name from the ancient Greeks who used the word to mean a refuge or idyllic place and not the uprooted and deported North American Acadia captured in Longfellow's magnificent tear-jerker "Evangeline," although Cisco's new enemies IBM and HP may try to persuade users that it is.

Cloud Computing on Gartner's Top 10 List and SYS-CON Events' 2010 Calendar

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:45:00 EDT

Gartner defines a strategic technology as one with the potential for significant impact on the enterprise in the next three years. Factors that denote significant impact include a high potential for disruption to IT or the business, the need for a major dollar investment, or the risk of being late to adopt. These technologies impact the organization's long-term plans, programs and initiatives. They may be strategic because they have matured to broad market use or because they enable strategic advantage from early adoption. “Companies should factor the top 10 technologies into their strategic planning process by asking key questions and making deliberate decisions about them during the next two years,” said David Cearley, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. “However, this does not necessarily mean adoption and investment in all of the technologies. They should determine which technologies will help and transform their individual business initiatives.”

Silanis Brings e-Signatures to Amazon Cloud Computing

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:45:00 EDT

Server is now available on the Amazon EC2 service. The compelling economics of the ApproveIt Web Server on the cloud give unprecedented access to a fully customizable, electronic signature solution. This enables organizations to gain a competitive advantage by offering differentiated electronic transactions for their customers over the Web, through a call center or in person. Organizations can choose the optimum deployment model for their needs today with complete confidence that they can then adapt the model in the future using the identical production implementation by simply choosing from a public cloud, a private cloud or on-premise Enterprise class solutions like the Silanis ApproveIt Web Server running on the Cloud offer financial service providers a compelling alternative to current delivery models Enabling organizations to rapidly scale critical business applications provide the necessary edge to stay afloat in a highly volatile market. Montreal, QC (PRWEB) October 29, 2009 -- Silanis Technology, the leader in electronic signature process management, today announced at the IBM Information On Demand Conference that its ApproveIt® Web Server is now available on the Amazon EC2 service. This new cloud-based delivery option enables organizations in financial services, insurance, government and other industries to deploy the enterprise-class, electronic signature process management capabilities of the ApproveIt Web Server as rapidly as competitive SaaS-based offerings, while benefiting from the most cost-effective computing infrastructure available today. Using a public or private cloud, ApproveIt Web Server can be easily deployed to enable electronic execution of legally-enforceable and compliant documents required for contracts, loans, insurance, account openings, government services and other business transactions. News Image "The compelling economics of the ApproveIt Web Server on the cloud give unprecedented access to a fully customizable, electronic signature solution," said Tommy Petrogiannis, President and Chief Executive Officer of Silanis Technology. "This enables organizations to gain a competitive advantage by offering differentiated electronic transactions for their customers over the Web, through a call center or in person." The Silanis cloud deployment is offered with IBM's Websphere application server and DB2 database server to provide a complete solution on the Amazon EC2 service. A fully functional solution can be enabled for use on the cloud in the same time needed to setup and configure a competitive SaaS-based offering. Unlike competitive SaaS offerings, however, flexibility and customizability are not compromised in order to deliver a lowest common-denominator solution to all customers. The cloud-deployed ApproveIt Web Server allows each organization to have its unique instance of software that implements their specific business, legal, compliance and IT requirements. Silanis offers both a licensed and a services model for the software to allow customers the flexibility to start on the cloud and migrate the exact same implementation to an on-premise infrastructure if needed at a later date. Alternatively, a services model provides flexibility in buying only as much capability as you will use. "Organizations can choose the optimum deployment model for their needs today with complete confidence that they can then adapt the model in the future using the identical production implementation by simply choosing from a public cloud, a private cloud or on-premise," said Petrogiannis. ApproveIt Web Server on the cloud has identical features and functionality as the on-premise deployments being used by Fortune 500 companies and government organizations. Integrated as a part of mission-critical, production applications, ApproveIt Web Server reduces transaction cycle times, costs, errors and downstream risks of processing paper-based customer transactions. Additionally the solution has been recently certified for use within the IBM Insurance Accelerator Framework. "Enterprise class solutions like the Silanis ApproveIt Web Server running on the Cloud offer financial service providers a compelling alternative to current delivery models," says Dave Mitchell, Director of Strategy and Emerging Business, IBM. "Enabling organizations to rapidly scale critical business applications provide the necessary edge to stay afloat in a highly volatile market." About ApproveIt Web Server As an electronic signature process management solution, ApproveIt Web Server goes beyond simple e-signing to manage, execute, control and monitor customer transactions electronically from start to finish. The solution: * Fully controls the electronic execution of transaction documents * Automates enforcement of business process and compliance rules * Automates the monitoring and reporting of live transactions * Enables updating of documents , data and processes during a transaction * Captures the entire Web transaction producing better legal evidence than paper ApproveIt Web Server provides a highly flexible, customizable and scalable enterprise solution that facilitates integration with any services-oriented architecture, business application and e-commerce infrastructure. The solution supports common business applications and services such as document generation; electronic forms; Web applications and portals; content management; and third party identity verification.

3Tera Lowers the Cost of Cloud Operation for Service Providers

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:45:00 EDT

AppLogic 2.7 integrates server, storage and networking virtualization, hardware operations, volume management via highly-available integrated IP SAN, advanced network security, orchestration and multi-service operations into one turn-key cloud computing system. Because of this integration, AppLogic offers the industry's lowest cost of operation available for enterprises and datacenter operations.

Mezeo Partners with Tier 3 to Deliver Enterprise Cloud Storage Services

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:30:00 EDT

The Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform is a software-only, deployable solution with RESTful Web Services APIs for programmatic access to storage. It provides service providers such as Tier 3 with the opportunity to provide their own hosted and branded cloud storage offerings to their customers. Files stored in a Mezeo-based cloud can be securely accessed via pre-built, brandable access clients including the Web, smartphones (BlackBerry, iPhone and Windows Mobile) and desktop, using the Mezeo Native client for Windows and WebDAV based connectivity for Linux and Mac.

LookStat Announces Free Trial of its Back Office Services for Stock Photographers

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EDT

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NTFS Logical Drive Deleted After Using Fdisk

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:15:00 EDT

A hard disk can be divided into at most four primary partitions, one of which can be an extended partition. The extended partition can be further subdivided into multiple logical drives. The following reading describes an issue when you can lose an NTFS formatted logical drive in a dual-boot system using Windows XP. While such problems, you should make sure to have a valid data backup to restore it. But if it is unavailable for any reason, you need to use a powerful Windows Partition Recovery utility.

Virtualizing Resources in Production Database Systems

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:15:00 EDT

Many firms have achieved great results implementing traditional server virtualization. However, in larger business-critical production database systems, this is less common. Yet, aren't these exactly the systems from which businesses would benefit most if resources could be virtualized and allocated dynamically. During this session, Peter Thawley will cover technical details behind virtualization techniques utilized in Enterprise database systems which go beyond server virtualization.

How the Delivery of Virtualization is Being Transformed

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EDT

As virtualization becomes more widely deployed, and enterprises look for new ways to leverage this revolutionary technology, the consumption and delivery of this technology is changing. At the Cloud Computing Conference and Expo, Simon Crosby will talk about how it is no longer one-size-fits-all and confined to a specific area of the data center, but instead is proliferating within the data center and out to the user via the desktop and applications.

IBM’s Mainframe Monopoly Threatened by BMC Founder’s Shop

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:45:00 EDT

There’s another burr under IBM’s mainframe saddle besides the Justice Department’s investigation into its practices with the European Commission passing the DOJ notes – a Neon burr. Neon Enterprise Software is a Sugar Land, Texas, mainframe tools company 100% owned by John Moores, the “M” in BMC, who has reportedly poured a pretty penny into the place.

Nationally Renowned Speaker on Telehealth Comes to Columbus

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:30:00 EDT

Dr. Max Stachura, Director for Telehealth, Eminent Scholar in Telemedicine, and Professor of Medicine & Physiology at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, will be the keynote speaker at a special gathering on Friday, October 16th, at the Dublin Methodist Hospital in Columbus.

Ulitzer.com Named Exclusive "New Media" Sponsor of Cloud Computing Conference & Expo

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Ulitzer was named exclusive "new media" sponsor of the 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, which will take place November 2 - 3 - 4, 2009, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo is the leading global Cloud event in its third year. Over 200 corporate sponsors and 10,000 industry professionals participated in Cloud Computing Expo during the past two years, more than all other Cloud-related events put together.

Mimosa NearPoint for SharePoint Named by InfoWorld

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:34:00 EDT

Mimosa NearPoint provides a holistic solution to manage and protect SharePoint Server data with integrated recovery and archiving capabilities, while maintaining easy end-user access to information, or advanced eDiscovery workflow to manage legal holds. In addition, Mimosa NearPoint offers the most comprehensive SharePoint Server data capture available. Customers can capture all content types and associated metadata and attachments, perform continuous capture via Change Notification, and preserve the relationships between sites and content. NearPoint also provides full-text indexing and global single-instance storage on all archived content. This content can then be optionally offloaded from SharePoint Server to enable storage cost savings while maintaining seamless end-user access via stubbing. Mimosa NearPoint also manages the retention and disposition of SharePoint Server content across the archive in accordance with records management policies.

Joost Files Motion Against Michelangelo Volpi and Index Ventures Management,

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:52:00 EDT

The Motion for Preliminary Injunction asks the Court to enjoin Index and Volpi from using any of Joost's and Joltid's confidential information regarding (among other things) the Global Index Software, the technology developed and owned by Joltid that provides the peer-to-peer capability embedded in the Skype program. The Motion also asks the Court to enjoin the defendants from: (i) using the confidential information in connection with the operation or strategic planning of Skype; (ii) communicating such information to other parties in the "Buyout Group" that has made a bid to acquire Skype from eBay Inc.; (iii) soliciting employees of Joost and Joltid with offers to join Skype; (iv) having communications with current or former employees of Joost or Joltid regarding the companies' confidential information; and (v) further participating in the Skype acquisition or assuming any position with Skype until a final adjudication of the merits of the case.

Lotus Notes E-Mail Archiving and E-Discovery

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:02:00 EDT

Under the terms of the agreement, GROUP will resell Unify’s market leading content archiving and e-discovery solutions for Lotus Notes to its more than 2,500 global customers as well as into the Lotus Notes market worldwide. Unify’s AXS-Link for Lotus Notes software (which it recently acquired from AXS-One), is considered the premier and dominant enterprise-class archiving solution for the IBM Lotus Notes and Domino community. As a result of this agreement, GROUP will significantly expand its current offering and geographic reach with the addition of an e-mail archiving, retention management and legal discovery solution that is integrated with its e-mail management offerings.

Cloud-Cast Named to Amazon Web Services Solution Provider Program

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:00:00 EDT

Focused on the growing market for cloud computing and virtualization services, Cloud-Cast delivers cloud computing solutions to government and commercial markets. Leveraging service providers such as AWS, Cloud-Cast offers a full range of cloud computing implementation services, including leveraging AWS for disaster recovery purposes, dynamic provisioning of web farms and offloading high-power compute applications to the cloud framework.

What’s Larry Gonna Do About This?

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EDT

Kickfire, the data warehouse start-up with its very own parallel-processing SQL chip – and the first low-end data warehouse play ever – has beefed up its MySQL Enterprise-based appliance so it’ll stretch to systems that are 5TB. Back in the spring when it started rolling its widgets out they were good for up to 3TB and started at $32,000, claiming to be the equivalent of a $250,000 proprietary system. The start-up has also beefed up its software with a 1.5 so-called “Photon” release that ups performance by running 95% of the queries through its SQL chip and makes its Data Manipulation Language (DML) 300% faster.

Rapid Low Cost Upgrade to Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:15:00 EDT

To help existing Exchange customers take advantage of the powerful new capabilities in E2010, Azaleos is expanding its market-leading Managed Exchange Services and offering a limited time free upgrade program. New Azaleos customers will be eligible for a free basic upgrade, which includes the installation and configuration of E2010 infrastructure, and the migration of 500 e-mail boxes. The new Azaleos remotely managed service for Exchange 2010 will be available with the general availability of E2010 in November. Customers who take advantage of this upgrade offer can begin to design a customized E2010 system and plan their migration.

oDesk Launches iPhone Application

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:15:00 EDT

The oDesk iPhone App is available for free in the Apple App Store, and allows registered oDesk users to view their team rooms and work diaries. Accessible from the iPhone and iPod Touch (when connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi), and designed for both buyers and providers, the oDesk iPhone App gives users literal visibility of their online workteam no matter where they are.

CA Names Don Ferguson Chief Technology Officer

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:15:00 EDT

"Don is one of the IT industry's most accomplished and respected technologists," said Gopal. "As CA's chief architect, Don has helped establish CA on the leading edge of innovation in virtualization and cloud computing. He has been instrumental in ensuring the superior quality, integration, architecture and functionality of CA's award-winning products. In his new role as CTO, Don's knowledge, experience and vision will help drive CA to new levels of innovation and technological leadership."

IBM’s Linux-Based ‘Cloud-in-a-Box’ Makes its First Sale

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:15:00 EDT

Taking a page out of Cisco's book - from the chapter on so-called smart cities - IBM late Thursday announced that the city of Dongying near China's second-largest oil field in the midst of the Yellow River Delta is going to build a cloud to promote e-government and support its transition from a manufacturing center to a more eco-friendly services-based economy. Dongying, which can turn the widgetry into a revenue generator, means to use the cloud to jumpstart new economic development in the region.

Ants Vs. Worms: New Computer Security Mimics Nature

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:00:00 EDT

Unlike traditional security devices, which are static, these "digital ants" wander through computer networks looking for threats, such as "computer worms" -- self-replicating programs designed to steal information or facilitate unauthorized use of machines. When a digital ant detects a threat, it doesn't take long for an army of ants to converge at that location, drawing the attention of human operators who step in to investigate. The concept, called "swarm intelligence," promises to transform cyber security because it adapts readily to changing threats.

Managed Methods Teams Up With Intrago UK

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:15:00 EDT

Managed Methods – Boulder, Colorado announces a partnership with Intrago to optimize the governance of SOA deployments. SOA deployments are becoming the ubiquitous architecture for application integration. More and more companies realize the advantages of building business processes using SOA fundamentals. This is a shift from the way applications are being built. In many cases the expertise for building these services are just not available in house. More often than not these projects are being outsourced to external consulting firms.

ExactTarget Named “Bronze Sponsor” of Cloud Computing Expo

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:30:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that ExactTarget, the leading provider of on-demand email and one-to-one marketing solutions, was named "Bronze Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, which will take place on November 2 - 4, 2009, Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California. The event is expected to attract over 1,500 developers, engineers, architects, IT managers, and hardware and software professionals of every stripe.

Roger Strukhoff Launches NOW Magazine on Ulitzer

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:00:00 EDT

Roger Strukhoff launched today the NOW Magazine on Ulitzer. NOW Magazine launched in 2006 with a vision of Thought Leadership in technology innovation. It recently expanded its focus to cover the nexus among business, government, and innovation. Silicon Valley journalist/publisher Roger Strukhoff serves as editor-in-chief, with correspondents from around the world. NOW Magazine's Americas office is in the San Francisco Bay Area, with Asia offices in Manila and Pune. London and Doha offices are expected in 2010. Roger holds a music degree from Knox College, studied writing at UC-Berkeley and business at Cal State-East Bay. He's been in Silicon Valley far too long, but tries to stay relevant here and at www.twitter.com/strukhoff

The District of Columbia Launches AppStore.dc.gov

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:45:00 EDT

The District of Columbia (Washington D.C) has launched one of the first live examples of a Government AppStore at appstore.dc.gov. The site features a series of cloud applications built using various DC government data feeds created by both DC government agencies and by individuals/companies.

How To Remove WS-Security Tokens From a SOAP Message

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:30:00 EDT

After you've validated a UsernameToken, or checked an XML Signature, it is often good practice to then strip out the WS-Security blocks containing items like tokens and signatures, before sending them downstream to a Web Service. In some cases, you are stripping these out because you don't want the password to remain in the message. In other cases, you may know that the downstream Web Service will choke on the WS-Security block. It also makes the message smaller.

Oracle Takes Out Ad to Sun Customers

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:45:00 EDT

Oracle bought a hard-to-miss piece of the front page of the Wall Street Journal Thursday to run an ad apparently in hopes of arresting the increasing erosion in Sun’s server business. The bulleted ad is addressed to Sun customers and says Oracle “plans to spend more money developing Sparc than Sun does now; spend more money developing Solaris than Sun does now; have more than twice as many hardware specialists selling and servicing Sparc/Solaris systems than Sun does now; [and] dramatically improve Sun’s hardware performance by tightly integrating Oracle software with Sun hardware.”