XML and Web Services In The News - Wednesday 26 February 2003

Oracle App Server Certified for RosettaNet. Software Meets Standards for Electronic Sharing of Data.
Joris Evers, InfoWorld
Oracle's 9i Application Server is the first to meet compatibility standards for electronic sharing of business data as set by the RosettaNet consortium. Version 9.0.4 of the 9i Application Server Release 2 will offer integrated support for RosettaNet.

Wireless Java: Let the Mobile Games Begin, Part 1
Michael Juntao Yuan, Java World
The author provides a comparison of the philosophies, approaches, and features of J2ME and the upcoming .Net CF. .Net CF leverages the large community of existing Windows developers and helps companies lower development costs. However, if you are in a heterogeneous environment or need a real pervasive solution that works on low-end devices, J2ME is the hands-down winner.

Rights Management? Or Restriction?
Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Watch
If you are a big company or organization with lots of correspondence and documents you want to keep secret, Windows RM is, indeed, a blessing. If you are a whistleblower, a journalist, a lawyer, a cop -- or anyone who has the audacity to want to use software other than Microsoft Windows or Office -- you should be very afraid.

Ixiasoft Boosting XML Content Searching. Link With Microsoft Content
Management Server Offered
Textml Server is an XML content server designed to store, index, and retrieve XML content. It is an embeddable XML server for OEMs and developers of document-centric XML applications, such as documentation management systems, wireless content publishing, and enterprise portals.

Study: IT And Business Still Aren't Aligned
Antone Gonsalves, InformationWeek
A Gartner report says companies don't have a positive view of IT and business managers' ability to work together to support company goals.

OASIS Technical Committee Addresses Management of Web Services
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A new Web Services Distributed Management Technical Committee is being formed by OASIS members to define web services management. The scope includes using web services architecture and technology to manage distributed resources. It will also develop the model of a web service as a manageable resource. The WSDM TC will align its activity with that of the W3C Web Services Architecture Working Group, DMTF, and other standards groups.

Microsoft Announces Windows Rights Management Services (RMS)
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Microsoft has announced a new Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) technology for Windows Server 2003 that will work with applications to support a platform-based approach to providing persistent policy rights for Web content and sensitive corporate documents of all types. The RMS technology puts persistent protections within documents, using tested security technologies such as encryption, digital certificates, and authentication.