JBoss and SOA Software this week announced a partnership through which SOA Software will offer governance and other capabilities for Web services deployed on the JBoss application server. Enterprises deploying SOA applications on JBoss middleware are the intended beneficiaries. Users of JBoss will be able to utilize SOA Software's Workbench for governance and service management for Web services. Closed-loop gove JBoss and SOA Software this week announced a partnership through which SOA Software will offer governance and other capabilities for Web services deployed on the JBoss application server.Enterprises deploying SOA applications on JBoss middleware are the intended beneficiaries. Users of JBoss will be able to utilize SOA Software’s Workbench for governance and service management for Web services. Closed-loop governance is provided for design time and runtime Web services, said Roberto Medrano, executive vice president at SOA Software. Design time involves design, contract and policy creation while runtime enables enforcement.Workbench includes a registry, repository and lifecycle management for Web services and the JBoss platform.SOA Software’s Service Manager furnishes authentication and authorization for Web services consumers using JBoss, as well as privacy and non-repudiation of Web services transactions on JBoss. “Really, from the JBoss side of things, our SOA strategy really entails working with partners like SOA Software, helping our individual customers meet and roll out their SOA initiatives,” said Shaun Connolly, vice president of product management in the JBoss division of Red Hat. Future plans call for extending SOA Software’s products to support the JBoss ESB (enterprise service bus) as well. Technology Industry