Interoperability of different Web services specifications came closer to fruition with this week’s release of the Basic Profile 1.0 by the Web Services Interoperability (WS-I) organization. Covering ...

Integration software company WebMethods also takes a seat on the board of directors at the Web Services Interoperability Organization, which controls compliance with Web services standards. Martin ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

NEW YORK — The good news for IT managers considering Web services deployments is that vendors such as Microsoft Corp., IBM and Oracle Corp. appear to be committed to creating standards aimed at ...

Vendors including IBM and Oracle are launching an industry organization Monday for Web services interoperability, despite the existence of another Web services interoperability group with many of the ...

A group working to ensure the compatibility of Web services software is preparing to tackle its biggest challenge yet: Security. The Web Services Interoperability organization (WS-I) was formed last ...

Sun Microsystems entry into IBM and Microsoft’s WS-I (Web services interoperability) organization was widely interpreted as a good step towards industrywide cooperation. But as a dazzling array of ...

COMMENTARY--The Web Services Interoperability Organization, a consortium formed by several major information-technology vendors, seeks to address an essential issue surrounding Web services: the ...

In reporting a story on an early adopter of Web services, I spoke to the CTO, who noted that there really isn’t a growth path for Web services. The oft-mentioned Web services standards — SOAP (Simple ...

The vendors,along with 50 other companies including Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, BEA Systems, Accenture, SAP, Compaq Computer and Intel,last week formed the Web Services Interoperability Organization ...

Several recent announcements have given me cause to think about open standards and interoperability. Last month Microsoft and Novell announced they would work together on Web services-based management ...

At the RSA Conference in San Francisco, the group's Security Profile Working Group released the Security Scenarios Working Group Draft for public review. The 48-page document outlines common threats, ...