Confluent ships Web services monitor

Confluent Software on Monday plans to unveil Confluent Core 3.0, a Web services monitoring and policy-driven management platform. Core 3.0 provides security management, a flexible deployment model, management for Java and .Net services, and integration with leading systems management products, the company said. Users can deploy an enterprise-class service-oriented architecture with the product. Core 3.0 supports the OASIS WS-Security specification and Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML). It can be integrated with security technologies such as LDAP and Microsoft Active Directory to extend existing security investments to new Web services-based applications, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company said. The latest version of the product integrates with development environments such as BEA WebLogic Workshop. Core 3.0 is available on Monday.