Mark Secrist

Developers are beginning to develop more sophisticated Web services, exchanging complex XML documents rather than simple parameter types. As this shift takes place, development teams begin to grapple with different approaches to designing these Web services interfaces through the... (more)

In recent years, Web portals have risen in popularity as a way of aggregating, organizing, and presenting content in a highly uniform, customizable, and personalized way. As the technologies that enable the creation and management of these Web portals have evolved, it is not onl... (more)

Security is not a new concern for companies that want to protect key information and systems from unauthorized access. Protection from such attacks has traditionally been achieved by placing those systems in a tightly controlled intranet accessed through a hardware firewall, poss... (more)