Web services expert predictions 2004 -- Ben Watson, Standards |
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By SearchWebServices.com Editorial Team
01 Jan 2004 | SearchWebServices.com |
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Once again, our knowledgeable Web services experts are offering their predictions for the coming year. How accurate were last year's predictions? Check them out here. Then, see what they've predicted for the world of Web services in 2004 below.
Look into your own crystal ball and tell us what you see for the Web services world in 2004. Post your predictions in our Sound Off feature.
Kerry Champion, Middleware
Ben Watson, Standards
Daniel Foody, Web services deployments
Eric Marks, author, Executive's Guide to Web Services
Sean McGrath, XML
Mark Baker, REST
Doron Sherman, Web services orchestration
Roman Stanek, Future of Web services
Jeff Hanson, Java/J2EE
Ben Watson
Ben Watson, Senior Product Manager, Web services, Microsoft Canada
As the Senior Product Manager for Web services, Ben is dedicated to ensuring the ongoing development of Microsoft's leading position as the enabler for Web services in Canada. Defined by Bill Gates as the role of "making e-business actually work," Ben also leads the charge for .NET Passport, Alerts and MapPoint.NET in Canada, building on his recent responsibilities in software services with Microsoft's bCentral. Ask Ben a question about Web services standards.
Ben's 2004 predictions
- Web services will continue to gain traction in enterprise
integration projects as earlier planned projects move into the execution and
completion phase. In the small and medium space the emergence of
pay-per-use business models will begin to gain traction as larger
architectures allow integration with 3rd party services. The Basic Profile
and core standards will continue to erode ebXML market usage as developers
move to true open standards. Third party enhancements, both hardware and
software, will further enhance production cycles. Mainframe and legacy will
continue to decline as larger SI and MIS organizations move to services
oriented platforms for both outsourcing and insourcing projects. In the
early adopter space, Web services development and management will begin to
commoditize as predictable ROI models emerge.
- Businesses will use mobile devices powered by Web services to access
intelligent information. It is vital that users can access the information
they need and not receive cluttered results. The average mobile device is
not powerful enough and does not have enough storage to generate intelligent
results on its own. However, access to intelligent information will be
achieved through mobile devices using XML and Web services.
- Enhancements to Web services including standardization around
WS-Secure Conversation, WS-Federation and WS-Authorization will drive the
proliferation of Web services in business to business scenarios. Businesses
will be able to execute Web services with full confidence around the
authorization, authentication and integrity of these Web services.
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