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Informationen zum Autor Anura Gurugé is an independent technical consultant who specializes in all aspects of contemporary networking, corporate portals and Web services – particularly if they involve IBM host systems. He has first hand, in-depth experience in Web-to-host, SNA, Frame Relay, Token-Ring switching and ATM. He was the founder and Chairman of the SNA-Capable i·net Forum in 1997. He also teaches graduate and post-graduate computer technology and marketing at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) – Laconia/Gilford and Portsmouth campuses. He is the author of Corporate Portals Empowered with XML and Web Services (Digital Press, 2002). In addition, he has published over 320 articles. In a career spanning 29 years, he has held senior technical and marketing roles in IBM, ITT, Northern Telecom, Wang and BBN. His Web sites are: www.inet-guru.com and www.wownh.com. This is a soup-to-nuts reference guide on all aspects of Web Services--where Web Services is a fast emerging set of Internet-specific middleware technology to further promote the growth of all aspects of e-business via standardization, collaboration and "franchising." This book is best characterized as an executive brief for IT and senior management rather than a nuts-and-bolts technical guide for portal implementers. Zusammenfassung A reference guide on different aspects of Web Services. Suitable for IT and senior management, it focuses on business needs, value propositions, ROI, solutions and actual examples of implementations. It is illustrated with technical diagrams, includes many subtitles, and contains many bullet lists and tables to facilitate productive skimming. What?, Why? and When?; XML - The backbone of Web Services; Microsoft's Web Services; UDDI; SOAP; Java Web Services; Deploying and Managing Web Services; Living and Breathing Web Services; References & Bibliography; Acronyms; Glossary
