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Featured Topic:  Avoiding SOAP Scum Last Updated: Mar 22, 2002  Integration is a top business priority but robust integration technology requires big bucks. Enter an alternative: Web services. Hurwitz cautions that Web services and business process management should be coupled together. >> Check out "The Web Services Advisor" >> Flash movie, entitled: "What is SOAP?" Avoiding SOAP Scum (22 Mar 2002) Hurwitz Group research clearly validates the whisperings that the first round of Web Services implementations are all about application integration. As part of ongoing research, the Hurwitz Group Web Services Primary Research Opportunity Study illuminates the concerns of early adopters and identifies uses and preferred suppliers among other issues. Should the industry be surprised that integration is high on the use case? Not at all. Read Full Story NEWS: >> EVENT: Next generation data integration: Using XML to harness data for business advantage (SearchWebServices) 26 Mar 2002 >> EVENT: Web services: Myths and reality (SearchWebServices) 01 Apr 2002 >> EVENT: ASP.NET Web Services Security (SearchWebServices) 18 Apr 2002 >> EVENT: XML Security Standards: XML Signature, XML Encryption, XKMS (SearchWebServices) 19 Jun 2002 >> IBM-Microsoft axis driving Web services standards (the451) 08 Mar 2002 >> Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun (Hurwitz Group, special to searchWebServices) 07 Mar 2002 >> Web Services and the Rest of the Story (Hurwitz Group, special to searchWebServices) 05 Mar 2002 >> WS-I to thrash out six-month timetable (the451) 26 Feb 2002 >> Apache Axis 'drag and drop' Web services (SearchWebServices) 20 Feb 2002 >> Web services understanding 'poor' (vnunet) 18 Mar 2002 >> S&P turns JavaBeans into Web services (ZDNet) 15 Mar 2002 >> Everyone loves Web services, don't they? (IT-Director) 14 Mar 2002 LINKS: >> Best Web Links-->SOAP-->What is SOAP? >> Best Web Links-->SOAP-->SOAP Articles >> Best Web Links-->SOAP-->SOAP Examples >> Best Web Links-->SOAP-->SOAP Tutorials >> Best Web Links-->SOAP-->SOAP Tools >> Best Web Links-->SOAP-->Specifications >> Best Web Links-->SOAP-->Implementations >> Best Web Links-->SOAP-->Community ADVICE: >> What is SOAP? ASK THE EXPERTS :What is SOAP? >> Understanding how SOAP works TIP :At the heart of Web services is SOAP, the main communications protocol that enables all the pieces to work with one another. >> SOAP Programming With Java WEBCASTS :Learn how to use SOAP to communicate with vendors and customers, use method calls across the Web, allow application and ... >> Understand SOAP extensions TIP :Explanation of SOAP extensions. >> An inside look at UDDI TIP :For Web services to be truly useful, there has to be a way for people and companies to find them. That's where UDDI comes in. >> XML messaging security under the gun TIP :Security issues with ways of communicating data between Web services. >> Update using Web services, datasets and diffgrams TIP :How to use Web services, datasets and diffgrams to update a database. >> What is EAI? Can you briefly explain? ASK THE EXPERTS :What is EAI? Can you briefly explain? >> What support requirements are (or will be) necessary for Web services? ASK THE EXPERTS :I understand the basic business and technical benefits of Web services but I'm not sure what the corresponding support ... >> How do I determine ROI for EAI? ASK THE EXPERTS :How do I determine ROI for EAI? Are there benchmarks? >> How does SOAP relate to UDDI? ASK THE EXPERTS :How does SOAP relate to UDDI? VENDORS: >> Vendor Directory-->Enterprise Application Integration BOOKS: >> Understanding SOAP Price: $ 33.99 Provides a case study of SOAP to show why it is so difficult to distribute objects and why this protocol is so important to ... >> Architecting Web Services Price: $ 39.96 Web services model is outlined to illustrate the decisions that have to be made in the areas of presentation, interface, and ... 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