Podcasts: Speaking with Lori MacVittie, technical marketing manager at F5, about securing service-oriented architectures, David Linthicum tackle the top things to consider when moving to SOA. First, protecting data, then accessing services and operations, and, last, data integrity. “Good security is good security whether in a 20-year old mainframe environment or a new distributed computing environment,” Linthicum suggests. Listen to the benefits of having a security approach within your SOA.Special report: Today kicks off our Month of enterprise startups series. First up, a look at New York City-based Panther Express. This fledgling is aiming to knock down the barriers to content distribution and make CDNs for the little guy more than just a dream. Too few competitors in that space has caused high prices for customers. “Over time, you’re going to wonder why anyone would use anything other than a CDN,” CEO Kevin Ryan says. Test Center review: Vulcan’s FlipStart is just “too small for work,” explains Oliver Rist in Not flipping for the FlipStart micro PC. “I’m nuking the FlipStart itself, not the micro PC concept — though I have yet to see one I respect.” It all comes down to the keyboard and the FlipStart’s, much like Sony’s, is “impossible for more than a few SMS-style taps.” It’s not just the keyboard that Rist doesn’t like; in fact, that’s merely the beginning. The news beat: Tibco details Tibco One, a unified interface to all of its products that is based on Business Studio 2.0, also being announced at the company’s user group. Users are taking sides in the clash between Microsoft’s Silverlight and Adobe’s Flash. Nokia builds out its security appliance roster with high- and low-end offerings. And Verio confirms that it will shut off cryptome.org, a move that sparks concern about the government and big business gaining too much control. New to our site: This video marks our first iteration of The Week Ahead with Gina Smith, a warmup to the workdays in the immediate future. This episode includes Steve Jobs backdating stock options, a reprieve for Vonage, and a cameo by Robert X. Cringely. Watch it here. Software Development