XML Web services are not secure. This should come as no surprise as any time you expose any kind of service to the ‘Net there’s a real risk that someone, somewhere will find a hole and exploit it to ...

XML is a hot topic these days, but what can XML really do for your company, and should you deploy it? Understanding what this standard can do for you is only the first step in an evaluation. The next ...

The Web and XML have changed our perspective about what data can do. Instead of regarding data as something to be stored in a database and shuttled across existing networks by systems locked in a ...

The rise of internetworking was enabled by the use of network-level security technologies such as Secure Sockets Layer, IPsec and firewall filtering to create a secure perimeter around an enterprise ...

And as interoperability grows and more application-to-application communications are sought, the need escalates for Web Services that do all these things. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C, ...

Oracle, looking to regain market share lost to its rivals, is set to launch a new version of its flagship database software. The software maker said it plans to ship a new release of its 9i database ...

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 ...

Microsoft announced new software tools Wednesday in hopes of persuading developers to build Web services using its .Net technology. At Microsoft's Tech-Ed developer conference in New Orleans, ...