Web services peak still a decade away: report
The ultimate promise of Web services--delivering software as a service--is at least a decade away from being fulfilled, according to a report from IDC.
New standard to deliver Web services interoperability
Standards body OASIS has established a technical committee to boost interoperability in the location and usage of Web services using preferred applications.
IBM, Microsoft ride herd on B2B Web services
IBM and Microsoft has published two more seminal Web services specifications--WS-Coordination and WS-Transactions--which will together establish a common business process framework for B2B interaction.
Web services: The real deal
Hailed as a major breakthrough by proponents, Web services technology draws jeers from skeptics who pan it an over-promoted concept that remains more idea than substance.
XML Web services need a firewall
Today, application integration is the single biggest challenge facing IT organisations. With business imperatives driving an increasing need for cross-organisation integration, this challenge is getting ever more complex.
Can Linux do Web Services?
Is Linux ready to move beyond file and Web servers to application and Web services servers? The answer, if IBM has anything to do with it, is an unqualified yes.
Web services breeds teamwork
Two international standards bodies have teamed up on a forum about Web services, in a bid to clarify what's really going on.
Web services: Ready, set, wait
Web services may someday emerge as a standard piece of every big company's technology arsenal, but for now, they won't do much to revive tech spending.
Web services: Messiah or mirage?
Software vendors keep telling us that Web services are the answer. But what is the question? Are there business drivers for using Web services, or are software vendors just trying to drive their sales?
