Web servicesWeb services are a standardized way of integrating Web-based applications using the XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI open standards over an Internet protocol backbone. Web services allow different applications from different sources to communicate with each other without time-consuming custom coding, and because all communication is in XML, Web services are not tied to any one operating system or programming language.
In the recent years, organizations shifted from legacy oriented integration solution, to business workflow oriented component architectures. This approach has successfully proved to enable quick response to business change, and immediate strategic value extraction from mission critical legacy assets.
According to META Group, during 2002/03, demand for highly scalable e-commerce solutions that leverage transactional legacy mainframe systems (such as CICS, TPF, IMS, DB2) will drive screen-based data integration, with migration to more complex object-like, transaction-centric frameworks and components during the next few years.
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