Web Services Explained: Solutions and Applications for the Real World

Summary

Web services for decision makers: strategic insights and actionable recommendations.

• How Web services will transform the way software is built, sold, implemented, and managed
• All you need to know to plan an intelligent Web services strategy
• Risks and pitfalls in current WebsServices architectures
• Detailed guidance for choosing the right vendor
• Up-to-the-minute comparisons of Microsoft's .NET and Sun's J2EE platforms
• Realistic assessments of Web services' impact on ISVs, OEMs, and service providers

Web services will transform the way software is created, sold, and delivered. In this executive briefing, leading analyst and consultant Joe Clabby tells IT and business decision makers what the Web services revolution really means. Web Services Explained clearly explains the fundamentals of Web services technology, offers examples of how it can be used for competitive advantage, and shows how it will impact every player in the IT value chain. It delivers the strategic insights and specific recommendations you'd expect to find only in a $1,000 analyst report, answering the critical questions managers must ask:

• What exactly are Web services?
• How do Web services technologies actually work?
• What are the shortcomings and "gotchas" of current Web services architectures, and what can I do about them?
• What can Web services help me do that I can't do already?
• Who's already using Web services, and what results are they achieving?
• What are the most appropriate Web services applications for my company?
• What questions should I ask Web services vendors, and how should I choose among them?
• Should I commit to Microsoft's .NET platform, Sun's J2EE platform, or neither?
• How will Web services impact my organization?
• How will Web services impact my suppliers and my broader business environment?

If you need to make key decisions about Web services, you need the strategic intelligence that can be found in only one book: Web Services Explained.

摘要
決策者的網路服務：戰略洞察和可行的建議。
Web服務將改變軟體的建立、銷售、實施和管理方式。
計劃智能的Web服務策略所需的一切知識。
當前Web服務架構中的風險和陷阱。
選擇合適供應商的詳細指南。
Microsoft的.NET和Sun的J2EE平台的最新比較。
對Web服務對獨立軟體供應商（ISVs）、原始設備製造商（OEMs）和服務提供商的影響的實際評估。
Web服務將改變軟體的創建、銷售和交付方式。在這本執行摘要中，領先的分析師和顧問Joe Clabby告訴IT和業務決策者Web服務革命的真正含義。《Web服務解釋》清楚地解釋了Web服務技術的基本原理，提供了如何利用它獲得競爭優勢的示例，並展示了它將如何影響IT價值鏈中的每個參與者。它提供了戰略洞察和具體建議，這些建議通常只能在價值1000美元的分析報告中找到，回答了管理者必須提出的關鍵問題：
- Web服務到底是什麼？
- Web服務技術如何實際運作？
- 當前Web服務架構的缺點和陷阱是什麼，我該怎麼辦？
- Web服務能幫助我做到什麼我現在做不到的事情？
- 誰已經在使用Web服務，他們取得了什麼樣的成果？
- 對於我的公司來說，最適合的Web服務應用是什麼？
- 我應該問Web服務供應商什麼問題，我應該如何在他們之間做出選擇？
- 我應該選擇承諾於Microsoft的.NET平台、Sun的J2EE平台還是兩者都不選？
- Web服務將如何影響我的組織？
- Web服務將如何影響我的供應商和更廣泛的商業環境？
如果您需要對Web服務做出重要決策，您需要的戰略智慧只能在一本書中找到：《Web服務解釋》。