Providence Health System, a Seattle-based integrated delivery system provider,
has entered a Web services initiative with Infravio, Redwood City, Calif., that provides a platform for the development, management and execution of Web services.
The hyperbole surrounding the Web services phenomenon appears to be reaching its peak; now IT developers must determine whether the technology can really be a key enabler for enterprise portals and application integration.
Can the Web services promise meet long-term reality, or will it eventually go the way of proprietary minicomputers, client/server systems and computer-aided software engineering?
Another collection group of techno-companies has added to the alphabet soup of Web services with a newly published spec that's said to let developers "choreograph" events and transactions between computers when applications and services are accessed over the Internet.
BEA and Hewlett-Packard will
jointly sell integrated hardware,
software and services solutions
built around BEA’s Weblogic
application server and running
across all HP operating systems.
-June 25
There just aren't enough programmers in the world to continue writing custom adapters, says Mike Hoskins. New as they are, Web services still have to confront this issue. -June 20
One of the biggest problems with Web services, said authors David Chappell and Tyler Jewell, is explaining it -- that is, pulling all the pieces together into a coherent and hype-free description of what Web services are and how developers can create and deploy them.
Some tips on getting started from those who have been there.
Everyone is talking about Web services, but take it from Randy Mowen, lead solutions architect for an award-winning, cost-saving application of the new technology, it takes careful planning to do it right.
Application integration provides the first, best test case for Web services. Early users say to start small, develop skills and make sure staff understands overall business processes.
Many in the high-tech world are betting heavily on a bright future for Web services.
There are statements about Web services that I see repeated in the press, expressed at conferences and even written on billboards that just aren't true. In this column, I'll address the misconceptions I see as most ripe for correction.
FineGround Networks Inc. has unveiled the Condenser Application Acceleration
Suite 4.0 for speeding page generation of Web applications.
This page provides a handy jumping point to ADT coverage on these pivotal topics.
Fresher Information Corp., and its Matisse database technology, has made a number of moves to expand in a specialized segment of the database industry.