Anne Thomas Manes and a panel of industry experts will talk about the new
standardization process, and discuss the effectiveness of this process in
terms of faster times to market. Join in the discussion with the Chair of the
WS-I basic working Group and representatives from industry leading
corporations, and gain insights into how this process will impact your
technology strategy.
Panelists:
Chris Ferris (IBM, Chair, WS-I Basic Profile Working Group)
Andrew Layman (Senior Program Manager, Microsoft)
David Orchard (technical director in BEA Systems' CTO Office, focusing on Web
services standards)
Moderator: Anne Thomas Manes (Research Director, The Burton Group)
Anne Thomas Manes and a panel of industry experts will talk about the new
standardization process, and discuss the... (more)
On August 12, 2003, the Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I),
released the Final Material version of the WS-I Basic Profile 1.0
specification. This publication represents an important milestone for WS-I
and the Web services community as a whole. It specifies the standards and
technologies required for interoperability between Web services
implementations running on different... (more)
The publication of the Final WS-I Basic Profile 1.0 this past summer has
generated a significant amount of interest in the Web services community.
Customers are asking about WS-I conformance in the products they seek to
purchase, and most of the major Web services vendors have, or are in the
process of updating their product portfolio to support the Basic Profile 1.0.
Since that time, th... (more)
Despite the open industry standards that underlie Web services,
interoperability has been a key challenge for vendors and customers
implementing Web services. One reason for this is that the relevant industry
standards often permit multiple acceptable implementation alternatives. This
presentation will discuss in detail the challenge of Web services
interoperability and the role played b... (more)
Chris Ferris is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and CTO of Industry Standards in the Software Group Standards Strategy organization. He has been actively engaged in open standards development for XML and Web services since 1999. Ferris is former chair of the WS-I Basic Profile Working Group. He co-chairs the W3C Web Services Policy Working Group and serves as chair of the W3C XML Protocols Working Group. He represents IBM on the OASIS WS-RX Technical Committee. He is a former elected member of the OASIS Technical Advisory Board (TAB).
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Jill Starr
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