Josh Bregman

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 the cloud. Coming from Oracle, you get a bit of the "Larry Hates the Cloud" mindset, but in my limited time here at Vordel, I can see the deep interest from customers. Mark O'Neill has published a few articles recently on a few topics within cloud security (SSO to Google Mail and Security Checklist for Cloud Security) but there is single "Cloud Security" solution. Probably the only term less well defined than "Cloud" is "Security". CSA is starting a whole new focus are on "Security as a Service" - again we could have/and will continue to have a debate over what is a "Service". Unlike SOA, IT people are being asked by the business "What are we doing about the cloud... (more)

It Takes A Village....Announcing the Vordel Incubator

After much debate, I'm pleased to announce the Vordel Incubator. I'm modelling after the wildly successful Oracle Coherence Incubator. The idea is to work as a community - company, customers, partners - on building solutions to real-world problems. I've started the project off very modestly with a publishing of the full Maven project that I discussed earlier. As people know, I'm very interested in Maven and believe it is a really good tool for integrating a product into an enterprise SDLC. We'll be using it for the incubator. As such, there is some work to do in short order to ex... (more)

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

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 Where: CA Offices in Framingham, MAAgenda: Two presentations, each with their own unique and insightful perspectives on the topic of cloud security. Presentation #1: Cloud Computing Risks Speaker Bio: Bhargav Shah is a Director within KPMG Advisory practice. He has over 12 years of experience as a trusted advisor to C-level and Senior IT leadership having led multiple engagements in Outsourcing, Cloud Computing, IT Solution Delivery/Appl... (more)

How to extend the Vordel XML Gateway with Maven

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 that the underlying XML layers are written in native code so the product is really fast even when you have to use Java to customize it. Recently, I had a customer ask "How do I build filters using Maven?". This is obviously a person after my own heart. I had spent a lot of time last year working with Maven, in particular for the OES/Sprin... (more)

Why Vordel?

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 - the quality of the products and the quality of the people. It's a really good small company that reminds me very much of the early days of Netegrity. They have been the thought leaders in XML Gateways - a key element in SOA Security - for over a decade. Their push into the Cloud Service Broker/Web 2.0/REST Security area is very exciting to me as it represents the ... (more)