SQLSummit.com Webcasts about XML, SQL, XQuery, Web Services and Grid Computing Video programs for RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, QuickTime and video iPod players. An MP3 podcast is also available. http://www.SQLSummit.com/VideoAudio.htm Webcast (free): Optimizing SQL, Stress Testing and Performance Management Hit your SQL Server 2005 target - watch the free Kevin Kline Webcast http://ads.quest.com/KenNorthSQLSummitcomTextlinksToadforSQL0606 Federated Identities: Overlooked Threats Thor Larholm, Senior Security Researcher at PivX, explains the benefits and threats of federated identities. He also discusses solutions such as load balancers and stateful firewalls (webcast and podcast, running time 9:03). http://www.WebServicesSummit.com/TLarholm.htm SQL Server 2005 and XML Documents Dr. Michael Rys of Microsoft discusses XQuery, SQL:2003 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 extensions for XML processing (webcast and podcast, length 15:01). http://www.SQLSummit.com/People/MRys.htm Security, Web Services and Distributed Systems Kevin Dick presents a security taxonomy of web services and distributed systems. He discusses protocols, SSL auditing, components, multi-hop services and other aspects of security for distributed systems (webcast and podcast, running time 14:48). http://www.WebServicesSummit.com/People/KDick.htm XML Security Gateways Blake Dournaee, author of XML Security, discusses XML gateways for secure document processing and securing SOAP messages (webcast and podcast, running time 15:09). http://www.WebServicesSummit.com/People/BDournaee.htm SQL Server 2005 and XML Documents Dr. Michael Rys of Microsoft discusses XQuery, SQL:2003 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 extensions for XML processing (webcast and podcast, length 15:01). http://www.SQLSummit.com/People/MRys.htm Federated Identity Security Issues Security researcher Thor Larholm discusses web services security and federated identities (webcast and podcast, running time 11:52) http://www.WebServicesSummit.com/TLarholm.htm Querying XML Documents: The Death of SQL? Dr. Daniela Florescu, a key contributor to the XML Query language, discusses query optimization and the future of SQL and XQuery (webcast and podcast, running time 9:04). http://www.WebServicesSummit.com/People/DFlorescu.htm SQL:2003 (SQL/XML) and the Future of SQL Oracle standards architect, Jim Melton, editor of the SQL standard, discusses SQL:2003 and the fusion of SQL and XQuery (webcast and podcast, length 6:13). http://www.SQLSummit.com/People/JMelton.htm Trends in Databases and Data Access John Goodson of DataDirect Technologies discusses data access and APIs such as XQJ (webcast and podcast, running time 3:40). http://www.WebServicesSummit.com/JGoodson.htm Grids, Web Services and Security Ashraf Memon, researcher at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, discusses the convergence of grid computing and web services and describes security solutions for grid services (webcast and podcast). http://www.GridSummit.com/People/AMemon.htm Spotlight on Java and XML Author Elliotte Rusty Harold discusses the state of Java, JDK 1.5, and XML (webcast and podcast, length 7:01). http://www.WebServicesSummit.com/People/EHarold.htm Integration Technologies (EAI, ETL EII) and RFIDs J.P. Morgenthal of Software AG discusses enterprise application integration, data integration, enterprise information integration and RFID technologies (webcast and podcast, length 19:05). http://www.WebServicesSummit.com/People/JMorgenthal.htm XML, Information Engineering, Portals and Data Warehouses Clive Finkelstein, the father of information engineering, discusses corporate portals and the role of XML (webcast and podcast, length 10:13). http://www.SQLSummit.com/CFinkelstein.htm