IT Web Services: A Roadmap for the Enterprise (with CD-ROM)
Alex Nghiem · 2002
From the Publisher: Architectures, platforms, roles, business models, and deployment realities. Joe Sisto, Vice President, North Highland Company The complete Web Services briefing for every strategist, architect, CIO, and CTO. Web Services offer immense potential for reducing integration costs and accelerating the delivery of new products and services. But Web Services technologies are evolving at breakneck speed, making it extremely difficult to define strategies and make choices. In IT Web Services, Alex Nghiem offers a comprehensive, up-to-the-minute roadmap for every IT decision-maker. This book's unique 360 degree view of the marketplace will help you objectively assess architectures, platforms, and business models alikeand its early-adopter interviews offer powerful insights into the realities of deployment. You'll learn how to: Objectively assess the promised benefits of Web Services in your organization Identify the optimal short- and long-term roles for Web Services Understand the Web Services stack: XML, SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI Understand the role of ebXML, WSFL, and the interoperability groups Choose the right enterprise Web Services architectures and models Compare Microsoft .NET and leading J2EE technology implementations Maximize security and scalability: emerging mechanisms and best practices Utilize value-added Web Services networks for provisioning, messaging, reporting, and resolving non-repudiation Define your high-level Web Services implementation plan Leading experts and analysts agree, Alecomplexity and delivers clarity to the over-hyped Web Services topic. IT Web Services is a necessary handbook for all parties interested in Web Services. About the CD-ROM CD-ROM contains a 1-year licensed developer version of Iona's Orbix E2A Web Services Integration Platform: XMLBus Edition, a high-performance, pure Web Services platform for integrating heterogeneous applications built with .NET, J2EE, J2ME, and CORBA.