Sebastopol, CA--The buzz about web services gets louder every day.
Is it just the latest hype, or is the promise of the Web finally going
to be fulfilled with this new class of internet-native applications?
Planning for Web Services, the latest report from O'Reilly Research,
provides a realistic appraisal of web services' current state and
future prospects. Written by noted author and consultant Clay Shirky,
the report's plainspoken, impartial analysis guides readers through a
strategic evaluation of web services technology. "Planning for Web
Services" lays out critical technical and business issues and takes a
hard look at web services' potential to lower costs, increase
interoperability, and boost efficiency.
In "Planning for Web Services," Shirky defines the scope of web
services, then looks at how they are being implemented today and where
and how they're likely to take hold in the near future. Topics include:
- How web services can replace EDI (Electronic Document Interchange)
- Using web services as middleware to create network-aware applications
with RPC
- Advantages and hurdles to implementing web services on intranet,
extranet, and public internet sites
More than thirty of the key players in this emerging sector are
profiled in the report, from major tech companies like Sun, IBM, and
Microsoft to startups that are driving much of the innovation in web
services. "Planning for Web Services" concludes with a straightforward
checklist of the strategic issues and questions every IT decision-maker
should answer before committing to web services.
Additional Resources:
Planning for Web Services:
An O'Reilly Research Report
By Clay Shirky
May 2002
0-596-00364-1, Order Number: 3641
150 pages, $495.00 US
About the Author
Clay Shirky has shaped and chronicled the evolution of web services
since their inception. A popular speaker, consultant, and prolific
writer, Shirky focuses on the economic and social effects of the
Internet. A former columnist for "Business 2.0," his writings have also
appeared in the "New York Times," the "Wall Street Journal," the "Harvard
Business Review," and the O'Reilly Network.
About O'Reilly
O'Reilly & Associates is the premier information source for
leading-edge computer technologies. The company's books, conferences,
and web sites bring to light the knowledge of technology innovators.
O'Reilly books, known for the animals on their covers, occupy a
treasured place on the shelves of the developers building the next
generation of software. O'Reilly conferences and summits bring alpha
geeks and forward-thinking business leaders together to shape the
revolutionary ideas that spark new industries. From the Internet to
XML, open source, .NET, Java, and web services, O'Reilly puts
technologies on the map.
