Free concept paper on understanding Web services. (Data Management - Customer Service).Butler Group, has issued a free concept paper, in association with its Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. Symposium, explaining what Web Services is and why it is paramount that organisations understand the benefits that Web Services can bring to the organisation. Readers can download a flee flee v. fled , flee·ing, flees v.intr. 1. To run away, as from trouble or danger: fled from the house into the night. 2. copy of the paper from<http://www.butlergroup.com/ downloads/DefiningWebServices.pdf> According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent Butler Group survey of CI0s and IT Directors, Web Services will prove to be highly significant for the way organisations deliver IT services. With some US$2 trillion One thousand times one billion, which is 1, followed by 12 zeros, or 10 to the 12th power. See space/time. (mathematics) trillion - In Britain, France, and Germany, 10^18 or a million cubed. In the USA and Canada, 10^12. being spent on internal costs associated with IT every year. organisations are straggling strag·gle intr.v. strag·gled, strag·gling, strag·gles 1. To stray or fall behind. 2. To proceed or spread out in a scattered or irregular group. n. to maintain growth without compromising their IT systems. Web Services is the potential solution -- by enabling these costs to be externalised, thus freeing up resource for future growth. However, although 76% of respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. agree with the significance of Web Services, 92% said they believed there was a need for clarification and definition of the technology and its role in a corporate environment. Butler Group held a two-day symposium between 17-18 April at London Heathrow Marriott Hotel. which dealt with the issues of understanding, planning and executing a Web Services strategy. The two-day conference covered the following areas: * Defining Web Services. * Understanding how Web Services is going to replace existing technology. * Identifying which technologies will enable Web Services. * Identifying which technology vendors will play the most dominant roles. * Defining how big the Web Services market will be. * Demonstrating how Web Services will change the face of corporate computing computing - computer . * Providing practical advice on the technology standards and infrastructures that will be needed to use Web Services. * Demonstrating the impact that joined-up services are already having on businesses and users. * Defining the advantages and disadvantages of the current Web Services model in use, and how technology will become cheaper to run, and why. www.butlergroup.com |
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