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Web services: Beyond the hype

He still has a tough sell ahead but IBM's Bob Sutor has already collaborated with Microsoft and others to fashion the underlying plumbing necessary to turn his vision of Web services into reality. Read more »

Standards body embraces Web services

The Object Management Group, a standards body, is taking steps to make its back-office software collaborate with newer Web services standards. Read more »

W3C proposes XML identifiers

Calling it one of the final pieces of the XML puzzle, the Web's leading standards body proposed a uniform way of identifying elements within XML documents. Read more »

XML documents merger ahead

With the publication of a new specification, the Web's leading standards organisation promised XML authors a simpler way to merge documents. Read more »

Java gets Web Services you can rely on

A Java implementation of reliable messaging could allow more robust web applications. Read more »

Apache expands Web services reach

The Apache Software Foundation is expected to launch this week an open-source integration server project, which is part of a bigger effort to create a full suite of Web services infrastructure software. Read more »

XML: Extremely critical or exhaustingly complex?

Could the myriad standards and specifications surrounding XML seriously discourage users in the short-term? Read more »

Open-source projects intertwine for integration

Three open-source projects are teaming up to create an alternative to software-integration products from IBM and other heavyweights. Read more »

Features (41)

How to design a service-oriented architecture using Web services

If you're a consultant preparing for the Web services revolution, this is the advice that will make you the architect and most trusted adviser on the project. Read more »

SOAP now a viable Web Services competitor

SOAP 1.2 provides tighter, more robust set of specifications than Version 1.1. Learn what affect this version may have on Web services as the new standard. Read more »

Case Study: AppleBox takes rentals into Web 2.0

Simon Gilligan's attempt to breathe new life into the neighbourhood video rental store has become an unlikely showcase for Web 2.0 technologies. Read more »

Is the WS-I a lost cause?

Is the WS-I up to the task of overseeing and orchestrating the dozens of stakeholders in the ongoing Web standards debate? Commentator Eric Knorr sizes up the challenge. Read more »

Build next-generation applications

Reduce time to market and meet the requirements of Web-aware applications by adopting one or both of the new virtual machine standards. Read more »

J2EE vs. .NET: Making that vital development decision

There are a few things to consider about Sun J2EE based on Microsoft's .NET Framework before making a software development decision. Learn how to make the right choice by examining the companies and the markets. Read more »

Web services: Messiah or mirage?

Software vendors keep telling us that Web services are the answer. But what is the question? ZDNet Australia explores the state of Web services today. Read more »

Selling developers on .Net

He's hardly as well-known as Bill Gates but Eric Rudder will have more influence over the future of Microsoft's bet-the-company .Net software strategy than his more famous boss. Read more »

The Web services shell game

The process of adopting standards has become more about furthering the control of established software companies than about realising Web services promises. Read more »

A new standard for global XML Web services

The proposed Global XML Web Services Architecture standard defines a new family of protocols that take SOAP and XML to the next level of interoperability. Read more »

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