Its responsibilities
include performance monitoring of Web services, implementation of Web service selection
policies, supporting users in Web services selection based on their QoS requirements, and
the negotiation of QoS issues between requestors and providers.
Web.Services.Overview.
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Definition
Web services is an emerging technology that has attracted a lot of attention over the last
few years as a new way of building and deploying software to simplify development and
integration of IT systems. They represent a new approach for application integration of
domestic IT systems and for connecting software over the Internet. The objective is to
reduce the complexity and expense of traditional business-to-business (B2B) connectivity.
Web services technologies are based on open standards recommended by the World Wide
Web Consortium (W3C). The standards enjoy unprecedented industry support from major
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IT suppliers such as IBM, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems, together with the foremost
CORBA vendors, such as BEA, Borland, and IONA Technologies.
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