Archives for the "web services" tag
Why the Boo.comeback makes sense
There has been much discussion lately, most of it negative (you can read more comments on Technorati), about the comeback of boo.com and once again, I find myself on the opposite side of the shared wisdom. Before I go into reasons as to why I think a comeback by Boo.com (a boo.comeback?) makes sense, let me [...]
Tags: Broadband, Europe, Software, United Kingdom, United States, XML, Yahoo, e - commerce, eBay, web services
In Business, Technology
RSS on Fire
There’s an old rule in journalism that trends can be spotted when you hear/see the same item happening three times in a row over a short period. If that’s the case, the trifecta yesterday was: Yahoo! announcing native support for RSS and ATOM in the “my yahoo” page Bloglines announcing a new set of services to ease [...]
Tags: Yahoo, web services
In Analysis
Mozilla after AOL
Over the past few days, I’ve been spending time covering what happens now that AOL and Microsoft have settled their dispute. However, one area that I have not covered is what could happen to Mozilla moving forward. With the new agreement, AOL has received a royalty-free license to use Internet Explorer for the next seven years. [...]
Tags: AOL, IBM, Linux, Microsoft, OS, web services
In Business, Technology
Death by a thousand papercuts
CIO magazine is running an interesting article showcasing efforts by several companies to use a more modular approach when building new EAI applications. Based on what the article is saying, it looks like we are now reaching a point where going with a single vendor for your complete solution is no longer the preferable choice. [...]
Tags: Microsoft, OS, web services
In Technology
Seeing Red
Last week, for the second week in a row, IIS administrators have had to face Code Red. More than a simple virus, Code Red could represent a new acceleration in the online virus war and shows that we may not be ready, as an industry, for the era of web services. A Rapid Epidemic Now that I’ve [...]
Tags: AOL, Apache, Linux, Microsoft, OS, web services
In Technology
Securing SOAP
The leading contender for the communications protocol that facilitates the world’s business transactions is designed to transmit data over HTTP, in the clear. Although some of the creators of Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) have expressed concern, the consortium responsible for redrafting SOAP into the new Extensible Markup Language (XML) Protocol is nearing agreement that [...]
Tags: API, HTTP, Microsoft, OS, XML, web services
In Technology
