Today's Internet-driven business environment is forcing companies to become
more agile, enabling them to react quickly to changes in global markets and
respond decisively to moves by competitors. At the same time, companies also
need to use disparate internal and external systems as never before.
Web Services, which are increasingly manifest in the corporate world through
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) initiatives, address a number of the
challenges and requirements facing the corporate world. These new paradigms
are dramatically altering how applications are defined, developed, and used
to support the needs of the enterprise.
In this article we examine the impact Web Services as a technology have had
on enterprise IT. We'll specifically focus on the connectivity Web... (more)