Latest News from Josh Bregman

Live from 36000 Feet - How to deploy the Vordel Gateway in Multiple Environments

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:56:00 EDT

Finalized Agenda for First Meeting of the Boston Chapter of CSA - NOTE: NEW LOCATION

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:14:00 EDT

I've got the agenda for the first meeting of the Boston Chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance.

When: Wednesday April 27, 2011 - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
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Call for Speakers - First Meeting of the Boston CSA Chapter - April 27 6:00 @ Oracle Offices in Burlignton

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:03:00 EDT
I'm happy to announce that we're going to have our first meeting of the Boston Chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance on Wednesday, April 27th at 6:00 at the Oracle office in Burlington, MA.

The topic for this meeting is Cloud Security
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Minutes from the Boston Chapter of the CSA's first Board Meeting

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:41:00 EST
After many scheduling challenges, we had our first CSA Boston Chapter Board Meeting. The "Board" consists of me (Vordel), Prateek Mishra (Oracle)
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How to turn an XML Gateway into a Maven Repository

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:36:00 EST
I've made some real progress on the Maven integration with the Vordel XML Gateway. I've updated the incubator with the latest
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REST API for message level and system level metrics for the XML Gateway

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:32:00 EST
In my first few weeks at Vordel, I've been spending a lot of time on the "cool" part of the product - building circuits and policies. As a developer, I really enjoy (am amazed) at how quickly you can know things out. But this is a job after all, so I
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How to Use an XML Gateway with an Asynchronous Web Service using WS-Addressing

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:40:00 EST

In general synchronous web-services are simpler and more common than asynchronous web services. I like them, because for 99% of
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Architectural Pattern for XML Gateway - Service Bus Sandwich

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:05:00 EST

I was in a discussion yesterday with a customer and the question of "Do I need an internal gateway in addition to my ESB?" came up. In general, people thing about XML gateways as the security appliance that
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It Takes A Village....Announcing the Vordel Incubator

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:22:00 EST
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How to extend the Vordel XML Gateway with Maven

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 21:30:00 EST
One of the strengths of the Vordel XML Gateway is the ability of the product to be extended using Java. You can do this in two ways: JavaScript and through writing custom Filters. The really clever part about how the XML Gateway is engineered is
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How to retrieve an OAuth token from a WS-Trust based Security Token Service (STS)

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:01:00 EST

I'm finally back home after 4 straights days in airports. During the week I delivered a really interesting use case that I wanted to share. This was in support of a demo where the customer wanted to understand how read more

How to Secure the Cloud?

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 11:56:00 EST

I'm in the process of getting the Boston chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance started. I'm just waiting for the "paperwork" to go through, but I'm really excited about what I'm hearing from customers about
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Architectural Patterns for XML Gateways

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:53:00 EST
What a week! I didn't get stuck anywhere - except for snowed in at home - but it was really busy. I did have the pleasure of ending the week briefing a group of really smart architects and pre-sales people on the read more

How to Securely Integrate Web Services in an Enterprise Environment

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:00:00 EST
I spent the bulk of today updating the technical sales presentations for some upcoming training that we're giving in Boston. While brainstorming about the key messages to deliver to customers, I came across this cartoon.

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How to Integrate Web SSO with REST web-services using Oracle Access Manager

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 06:54:00 EST
Nothing inspires me to blog like being stuck in an airport. I'm stuck in DC on a return from my first Vordel customer trip. We saw customers in San Diego, Los Angeles, Bay Area, and Seattle. Some of them there were
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How to Enforce Fine Grained Authorization to REST Services with Vordel and Oracle Entitlements Server

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:51:00 EST
Hello from Dublin,

I'm nearly at the end of a very long week for Vordel Company kick-off, but I wanted to take the time get the new blog headed in the right direction. I know that my blogging activity tailed off over the last few months, but
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Why Vordel?

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:07:00 EST
This is my inagural post in this blog - in my new job - as Chief Solutions Architect at Vordel. In my time at Oracle, I had the opportunity to work with Vordel at a number of customers, and two things really stood out
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