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Web Services: The foundation for Dynamic e-business
Rodney (Rod) A. Smith
Vice President of Emerging Technology, Software Group, IBM Corporation
The adoption of Web standards such as TCP/IP, HTTP, Java,
and XML have ushered in a new business model called e-business. e-business
revolutionized the business-to-consumer relationship; however, it didn't
address business-to-business relationships (B2B) due to integration complexities
resulting from proprietary infrastructures. Web services offers the promise
of revolutionizing B2B by providing an open architecture based on existing
and emerging standards. But Web services is more then an architecture
or development model; it gives businesses the flexibility to develop new
strategies, define new offerings, and form new relationships. It gives
them the opportunity to become Dynamic e-businesses.
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