Darryl K. Taft

New products from Kontiki Inc. and Digital Fountain Inc. will improve security and performance when delivering data over the Internet, according to the companies. Kontiki, of Sunnyvale, Calif., on Tuesday is announcing its Delivery Management System (DMS), which enables users to securely publish, deliver and track digital video and documents down to the desktop level. […]

Two e-security software providers this week announced new products to secure Web services. RSA Security Inc., of Bedford, Mass., released RSA BSafe SecurXML-C, a software development kit that enables developers to implement XML digital signatures as an added security feature for Web services. Meanwhile, Baltimore Technologies plc, of Dublin, Ireland, announced KeyTools XML 5.1, which […]

NEW YORK—Web services represents the key to meeting the challenge of business agility, a Microsoft Corp. executive said in his keynote address Tuesday morning at the Fall Internet World 2002 show here. Charles Fitzgerald, Microsofts general manager of platform strategy, said that in todays environment, businesses must be agile and that “success in the business […]

Success in todays business world not only requires adherence to standards for things like Web services and security, but it also encompasses a series of success factors, according Yogesh Gupta, chief technology officer at Computer Associates International Inc. Gupta, in his keynote address at the Fall Internet World show in New York Tuesday, said the […]

Iona Technologies Inc. and Hewlett Packard Co. on Wednesday are expected to announce the expansion of a strategic alliance to bundle Ionas Web services integration software on HPs Itanium-based systems, the companies said. The companies said HP will run Ionas Orbix E2A Web Services Integration Platform – XMLBus Edition on the HP-UX based Itanium processor […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. is bundling BEA Systems Inc.s WebLogic Application Server with each copy of the HP-UX operating system. HP has begun shipping WebLogic Application Server 7.0 with HP-UX 11i and will ship WebLogic technology with HPs OVTA (OpenView Transaction Analyzer), the companies said. The deal follows HPs plans to get out of the middleware business […]

As enterprises continue to experiment with Web services, more vendors are starting to roll out tools to manage them. Two in particular, Actional Corp. and AmberPoint Inc., this week will each unveil Web services management platforms that enable users to control and secure Web services content. In addition, British Telecommunications plc. is developing its own […]

Cysive Inc. on Monday is announcing the Cysive Cymbio Interaction Server 3.0, which the company calls a new tier in enterprise computing that enables users to access applications through a variety of channels. The Cymbio environment views Web services as a bridge and a key part of the companys “interaction” strategy, the company said. Cysive […]

Excelon Corp. on Monday announced greater XML and Microsoft Corp. .Net support in new versions of its XML database engine and integrated development environment. Excelon, of Burlington, Mass., announced the availability of its Extensible Information Server (XIS) Version 3.12. XIS 3.12 adds support for Microsoft Corp.s .Net interoperability, including interoperability between the .Net and Java […]

Signaling an increasing maturity of Web services, IBM is working on a WebSphere-based platform for hosting Web services. Meanwhile, other players, including Microsoft Corp. and Computer Associates International Inc., continue to line up to prepare customers and implementers for the onslaught of Web services. IBM, of Armonk, N.Y., is putting its XML and Web services […]