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Fujitsu gives Microsoft .Net a boost - Fujitsu announced plans to broaden its existing global partnership with Microsoft, saying it will offer products and services based on Microsoft's .Net platform to enterprise customers around the world.

Developers at .Net crossroads - Microsoft development shops should be cautious about moving headlong into .Net development. And those who can't wait should consider the alternatives before making the plunge, says community member Daniel Mezick.

Connecting with Web services - There's more than one way to perform loose coupling, and they're evolving.

Conference highlights Web services growth potential - Growing demand for Web services became evident at the XML Web services One Conference & Expo here this week as attendees analyzed the opportunities and challenges ahead.

Microsoft seeks converts to .Net - Microsoft on Tuesday announced availability of a second beta release of JLCA (Java Language Conversion Assistant), a tool for Java developers to provide a transition to building XML Web services based on the Microsoft .Net platform.

Microsoft partners extend .Net reach - Eager to embed its .Net environment in enterprise application deployments, Microsoft is working to give companies the ability to transform and manage internal Windows-based apps as .Net-enabled Web services.



Is the JCP adequately preparing Java for Web services? - Jennifer Orr spotlights the latest Web-services technologies and examines how the JCP is responding to Web services.

WS-I to expand board, Sun peeks through - An industry consortium cofounded by Microsoft and IBM said that it plans to appoint two new members to its board, one of which could be Microsoft rival Sun Microsystems.

Web services: Proceed with caution - Web services may be the next big thing, but a group of users, analysts and even Web services vendors acknowledged last week that significant barriers to using the technology remain.

Web Standards Project aims to educate developers - Having declared a victory in the battle to make Web browsers more inclusive, the WaSP relaunched itself with the new goal of educating Web developers about the benefits of building sites that incorporate standards.

Is WSDL the indispensable API? - Many developers consider Web Services Description Language the new software design view. WSDL offers a verbose, ASCII, standard, and language-agnostic view of services offered to clients.

Microsoft exec calls for innovative Web services apps - Rather than expect dramatic evolutions, programmers should utilize existing Web services standards -- such as SOAP and XML Schema -- and focus on applications, SOAP co-founder and current Microsoft exec Don Box said during a keynote speech.



Microsoft ships Nimda-infected CDs to Korea - On Friday Microsoft said that it had inadvertently shipped copies of the company's Visual Studio .Net development tool containing the Nimda virus to Korea.

Securing Web services - To exploit the advantages that Web services offer means opening up corporate applications at the API level to the broader Internet.

EU to rule on .Net privacy issues on July 1 - Data protection officials from the 15 European Union countries will meet next month with the European Commission to decide whether to open a formal investigation of Microsoft .Net Passport authentication system.