Web services standardize the format (XML) and the protocol (SOAP) for application-to-application communication. Such standardization spurs software vendors to create quality applications with focused ...

Bill Gates rallies developers as Microsoft announces a preview of new XML-based specifications designed to bolster Web services security. Mike Ricciuti joined CNET in 1996. He is now CNET News' Boston ...

The architecture includes various components -- such as a contract repository and a monitor to compare the particulars of events with those specified in the contract -- and these must be linked. "Web ...

Web services may be all the rage these days, but users, developers, and even vendors are only nibbling at the edges of what this still-unfolding shift in software architecture and delivery means to ...

PRIOR TO TAKING on the role of CTO at Systinet, Anne Thomas Manes was the peer-to-peer evangelist for Sun Microsystems, where she championed the adoption of SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) ...

The extension, which includes support for the latest Web services specifications, including WS-Security, WS-Routing and WS-Attachments, works with Visual Studio .Net and Microsoft's .Net Framework to ...

As large organizations find increasing difficulty in merging many complex, mission-critical software systems into their established and evolving computing infrastructures, the role of the enterprise ...

Web services will be the "next big thing" and Microsoft has an early lead through its .Net initiative, according to market research firm Gartner Group.<P>Article from SCMP<BR>=====<BR>Web services ...

In-Depth Web services architectures: Easier said than done By Mayank Prakash August 30, 2002 Web services can provide an open and interoperable development framework, but the technology requires an ...