Microsoft Corp. is expected to release a new version of its Web Services Enhancements technology that simplifies the development of secure Web services.
Ari Bixhorn, lead product manager for Web services strategy in the developer and platform division at Microsoft, said new WSE 3.0 features fall into three categories: simplified development of secure Web services, integration with Visual Studio 2005 and preparing developers for building applications on Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), code-named Indigo.
"WSE 3.0 brings three core strengths to the market: its support of VS 2005 and .Net 2.0, improved security support and capabilities, and consistency with WCF," said Jason Bloomberg, an analyst with ZapThink LLC, of Waltham, Mass., who has been briefed on the technology. "Developers will benefit by the greater consistency across WSE and Visual Studio. For developers looking to work with WCF, they will also see consistency in programming model and API from WSE to WCF."
