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Yesterday Microsoft announced the formation of the Interop Vendor Alliance - a global, cross-industry group of software and hardware vendors that will work together to identify opportunities for enhancing interoperability with Microsoft systems on behalf of their customers. Customers are telling Microsoft that interoperability is as important to them as security and reliability. Because of this, Microsoft is seeking to proactively work with partners and competitors alike to help increase customersâ return on investment in their IT solutions while reducing the cost and risk associated with integrating diverse systems. The goal of the new alliance is to foster interoperability across IT systems through communication and identification of opportunities for enhanced collaboration. More specifically, the alliance will focus on these goals: Encourage vendor collaboration to foster interoperability The alliance provides a venue for members to socialize customer feedback with an eye toward increasing technical collaboration that targets common interoperability challenges. Vendors will have opportunities to share relevant technical information with other members to improve the interoperability of their products with Microsoft systems. Collaborative activities will also include technical meetings and the sharing of customer scenarios. Enable scenario-based testing for interoperability The alliance members will have opportunities to work with customers to identify their top interoperability challenges. Microsoft expects these scenarios to include systems management, virtualization, identity management, data integration, storage management, portal integration and interoperability of developer tools. Microsoft plans to host testing sessions on a per-scenario basis to validate real-life conditions for customers. Communicate vendor interoperability solutions to customers Alliance members will have the ability to post best-practice guides created as a result of scenario-based testing to an Alliance Web site. Vendors will also have opportunities to post descriptions, white papers and case studies about their solutions that provide interoperability with Microsoft on the Interop Vendor Alliance Web site. Founding members of the alliance include Advanced Micro Devices Inc., (AMD), BEA Systems Inc., Business Objects, CA, The Carbon Project, Centeris Corp., Citrix Systems Inc., GXS Inc., IP Commerce Inc., JNBridge LLC, Kernel Networks, Levi, Ray & Shoup Inc., Microsoft, NEC Corp. Read More...
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With the goal of keeping us honest, Dims posted a question about some specs not on the announced list of Covered Specifications under the Open Specification Promise. Gift horse in the mouth - Microsoft's Open Specification Promise http://blogs.cocoondev.org/dims/archives/004676.html Hot off the press, here's the answer to that question: WS-Security : SAML Token Profile - This was omitted by mistake - as were a few other WSS token profiles when we re-checked the list. See, even Microsoft folks can goof up once in a while! ;-) So, the following specs have now been added to the list at http://www.microsoft.com/interop/osp/ WS-Security: SAML Token profile WS-Security: Kerberos Token Profile WS-Security: Rights Expression Language (REL) Token Profile WS-PolicyAssertions - That spec was deprecated / superseded back in 2004 and replaced with domain specific policy specs like WS-RMPolicy and WS-SecurityPolicy BPEL4WS - We are still evaluating opportunities to extend the covered specifications in this and other areas So, our gift to you just got even better Dims - it doesn't just cover 35 web services specs, but 38 now! Enjoy.... Read More...
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Despite the fact that Microsoft has consistently stated its commitment to make the WS-* specs available on a royalty-free basis, some in the industry have remained concerned by a lingering amount of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) around the intentions and motives for the Web services specifications. So, in a further effort to reassure the legions of WS-* supporters everywhere, and after much consultation with the industry and representatives of the open source community, Microsoft today announced a personal Open Specification Promise (OSP) to implementers of any of the 35 different Web Services specifications - from SOAP and WSDL through to all the Advanced Web Services specs like WS-ReliableMessaging and WS-SecureConversation. The Open Specification Promise is a simple and clear way to assure that the broadest audience of developers and customers working with commercial or open source software can implement specifications through a simplified method of sharing of technical assets, while recognizing the legitimacy of intellectual property. http://www.microsoft.com/interop/osp/ Commentary on the significance of this announcement is probably best left to such legal experts as Mark Webbink and Lawrence Rosen: Mark Webbink "Red Hat believes that the text of the OSP gives sufficient flexibility to implement the listed specifications in software licensed under free and open source licenses. We commend Microsoft's efforts to reach out to representatives from the open source community and solicit their feedback on this text, and Microsoft's willingness to make modifications in response to our comments." Mark WebbinkDeputy General CounselRedhat, Inc Lawrence Rosen "I see Microsoftâs introduction of the OSP as a good step by Microsoft to further enable collaboration between software vendors and the open source community. This OSP enables the open source community to implement these standard specifications without having to pay any royalties to Microsoft or sign a license agreement. I'm pleased that this OSP is compatible with free and open source licenses." Lawrence RosenRosenlaw & Einschlag, a technology law firm (www.rosenlaw.com)Stanford University, Lecturer in LawAuthor of : "Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law"... Read More...
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I thought you'd like to see a copy of a slide we use at Microsoft for tracking the adoption of WS-* specifications in the industry, as it gives a good summary of WS-* product adoption status. As you can see, WS-* adoption is progressing well, with a wide range of companies shipping products across the board. There are also some clear patterns of strong momentum in several key "niches" too - including devices, management and security. BTW, let me know if the data about your company is out of date, and I'll update it.... Read More...
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Microsoft today announced the creation of a new Customer Executive Council on Interoperability. The council will meet twice a year to help prioritize Microsoft's focus on the areas that pose the greatest technical barriers to interoperability, including data exchange, connectivity and integration for customers. Council members will include Chief Information Officers (CIOs), Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) and Chief Architects from leading corporations and governments. Representatives from Société Générale, LexisNexis, Kohlâs Department Stores, Denmarkâs Ministry of Finance, Spainâs Generalitat de Catalunya and Centro Nacional de Inteligencia (CNI) and the States of Wisconsin and Delaware, have joined as founding members. The first meeting will take place in September 2006 in Redmond, and hosted by Bob Muglia, Microsoft's SVP for Server and Tools. For more details of the Interoperability Council and other interoperability topics, see the Microsoft Interoperability Home page: http://www.microsoft.com/interop... Read More...
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