Web services development

HIGHLIGHTS

	Operating system virtualization and Web services TIP - Web services development and operating systems virtualization may be two different types of abstraction, but virtualization techniques look like they can have positive impact.
	Creating rich Web service clients with Flash and Flex TIP - Flash and Flex, titans within the RIA universe, now have XML, Ajax and scripting language functionality that make them better suited for Web services development.
	Oracle links SOA, data services, BI and BAM INTERVIEW - When it comes to incorporating data services, business intelligence (BI), and business activity monitoring (BAM), Oracle has not lost sight of its database roots.
	Is Ruby on Rails ready for enterprise SOA? ARTICLE - Ruby on Rails promises ease in RESTful SOA development, but for it to move up to enterprise class, developers need to know how to make it scalable.

SUBTOPICS

	Application servers and Web service platforms An application server is a server program in a computer in a distributed network that provides the business logic for an application program. Find the latest information on BEA, IBM, JBoss, Oracle, SAP, and Sun Microsystems. IBM, BEA, JBoss, Oracle, SAP, Sun Microsystems
	Portals, presentation and clients Are you an enterprise architect or a software developer who wants to learn more about Web services portal,s presentations and clients? There are several resources for those working on SOA and Web services projects. Find out the latest news Ajax, RIA, PHP, scripting languages, and Web ... Portals, Ajax and RIA, PHP, Scripting languages
	Web services testing Web services testing is used at key checkpoints in the overall process to determine whether objectives are being met. Find the latest news on Web services testing with resources for enterprise architects, software developers and IT managers working on SOA and Web services projects.
	Open source Get the latest information on Open source Web services basics, best practices and how-to resources for architects and developers working on SOA and Web services projects. Find tips, articles and expert advice on Apache, Eclipse and Ruby on Rails. Eclipse, Apache, Ruby on Rails
	Java Java is a programming language expressly designed for use in the distributed environment of the Internet. Java was introduced by Sun Microsystems in 1995 and instantly created a new sense of the interactive possibilities of the Web. Find news about Java Web services basics, best practices ...
	Microsoft .NET Microsoft .NET is both a business strategy and is a collection of programming support for Web services, the ability to use the Web rather than your own computer for various services. Find the latest on Microsoft .NET Web services how-to resources for architects and developers working on ... Visual Basic, WCF
	LAMP Web services (Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP) LAMP is an open source Web development platform based on Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP, a programming language for which Perl or Python is sometimes substituted. Find the latest LAMP Web services basics, best practices and how-to resources for architects and developers working on SOA and ...
	Representational State Transfer (REST) REST (representational state transfer) is an approach for getting information content from a Web site by reading a designated Web page that contains an XML (Extensible Markup Language) file that describes and includes the desired content. Get the latest REST news on basics, best practices ...
	Mobile Web services Looking for the latest information about Web services on the move? Find Mobile Web services basics, best practices and how-to resources for architects and developers working on SOA and Web services projects.

	SEE ALSO - Topics Related to Web services development:  SOA governance, SOA infrastructure, SOA and Web services standards, SOA strategy, Application integration, Data architecture for SOA