Matthew Fuchs

As Web services move beyond opportunistic implementations and proof-of-concept deployments to support enterprise-wide services in mission-critical applications, the need for Web services management becomes ever more pressing. While Web services present a tremendous opportunity for organizations to improve coordination and integration both within the enterprise and with old and new business partners, dealing with a multitude of partners with changing requirements in an open heterogeneous environment also provides new opportunities for failure. These problems can be mitigated through the use of policies representing proper procedures and best practices. It is the role of Web services management to allow users to choose procedures, establish best practices, and then enforce them in real time. I will discuss the touch points for applying these policies and some means of ... (more)

Rogue Web Services

Like the hero of a Greek tragedy, Web services' most compelling advantages are simultaneously its most serious dangers. Web services have passed the initial hype cycle. The convergence of industry support, ease of use, and the desire for cost-effective solutions for integration and services-oriented architectures (SOA) has made it a popular choice for architects, developers, and integration analysts, with numerous projects underway. Web services technologies are making inroads within organizations in much the same way Web site technologies proliferated. However, the benefits of l... (more)