What's New

11g Release 1 (11.1.1) includes a complete redesign of Oracle Web Services Manager 10g and Web services security management. For more details about what has changed in Release 11g, see Chapter 4, "Examining the Rearchitecture of Oracle WSM in Oracle Fusion Middleware."

11g Release 1 (11.1.1) includes the following new features:

• Integration with the Oracle Fusion Middleware framework

• Shared authorization and authentication infrastructure for Web applications and Web services through Oracle Platform Security Services

• Automatic identity propagation

• Integrated configuration, management, and monitoring of Web services using Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control

• Use of the Oracle Metadata Repository via Oracle Enterprise Manager Fusion Middleware Control

• Integrated security management and monitoring of WebLogic Web Services

• Integrated policy attachment and monitoring support for WebLogic Web services

• Enhanced support for Web services security standards

• Enterprise policy framework with full standards support (WS-Policy, WS-SecurityPolicy, and WS-PolicyAttachment)

• Runtime Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) governance support through reusable runtime policies and bulk attachment of policies

• Policy usage and impact analysis