The Third Age of Web Services

Jorgen Thelin postulates that recent development such as Identity Metasystem enables the Third Age of Web Services.

"In short, it seems like the WS-* stack is now merging into the core plumbing, and attentions are now correctly focused on how to use that plumbing to do new and cool things with distributed systems.

This is a big step forward from where everybody was fixated on the color of the pipes or the type of solder used to join things together as has been the case in the past."

Excellent analysis, we plumbers...errr..architects...are now empowered with tools, interoperable security standards, and shipping products to focus on what it takes to conduct risk management by securing the pipeline and what goes in and out of the pipes.