Kevin Smith

Software architects, developers, and project managers who've worked "in the trenches" of SOA design and implementation over the last few years have learned some hard and valuable lessons. Some of these lessons can help you avoid the serious traps and pitfalls associated with SOA ... (more)

Over the past five years, an "alphabet soup" of new Web Services Security specifications, standards, and buzzwords has been thrust upon the technology scene. As we have watched the evolution of many Web services security specifications, it has sometimes been difficult to wade thr... (more)

When SOAP-based Web Services solutions began appearing five years ago, one of the major challenges was securely propagating end-user identity in Web Service chaining scenarios. Certainly a user could authenticate to a portal, and that portal could talk to a Web Service that talks... (more)

Over the past five years, the promise of enterprise information sharing has made great strides with the evolution of Web Services and the promise of Service Oriented Architectures (SOA). An architectural shift that moves us away from point-to-point client/server systems, SOA pro... (more)