Web Services: A Technical Introduction

Web Services: A Technical Introduction

Web Services: A Technical Introduction

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Web Services A Technical Introduction Understand all this: What Web services are and how they work How Web services can reduce costs andincrease efficiency Core Web services technologies: XML, SOAP,WSDL and UDDI Web-services security: emerging standardsthat can mitigate risk .NET and Java (JAXM, SAAJ and JAX-RPC) Web-services implementations Web services strategies from MicrosoftSun ;, IBM ;, HP ;, BEA, and others Web services business models Case studies examining real companiesusing Web services And more... The technical professional's complete guide to the business andtechnology of Web services Written for IT managers, software developers and business professionals alike, this guide explains thebusiness and technology of Web services. Begin with an explanation of what Web services are, howthey differ from previous computing paradigms and what benefits they offer. Explore Web servicesbusiness models-including B2B and B2C scenarios-and the core standards that enable them:XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI. Understand the strategies of key industry players, including Microsoft ; , Sun ; Microsystems, IBM ;,Hewlett-Packard and BEA Systems; then move on to detailed treatments of .NET and Java Webservices. Learn about Web-services security, the risks involved and the technologies that can secureyour infrastructure. Numerous case studies explain how Web services enable organizations to increaseefficiency, create new revenue streams and interact with customers and business partners moreeffectively. Appendices contain Visual Basic ; .NET and Java LIVE-CODE implementations of Web-services-based applications. Dr. Harvey M. Deitel and Paul J. Deitel are the founders of Deitel and Associates, Inc., the interna-tionallyrecognized IT content-creation and corporate-training organization. Together with theircolleagues at Deitel and Associates, Inc., they have written the successful How to Program Series collegetextbooks that hundreds of thousands of students throughout the world have used to master C,C++, Java, C # , Visual Basic .NET, Perl, Python, XML and other languages. DEITEL TESTIMONIALS (from Pre-Publication Reviewers) "This is a huge topic to tackle with a single volume and I think it doesan excellent job covering all the bases. Even though I've been workingwith Web services for over a year and a half, I learned quite a bit!"-Justin Whitney"This book provides a technically focused introduction that strikes agood balance between the implications that Web services have uponbusiness as well as upon technical infrastructures."-Kyle Gabhart"I love this book. I have pretty much all the Web services books thathave been released...and so far, I like this one best...actually I pretty much always like theDeitels best...Each chapter is self contained enough that one can use it as a reference book."-Mason Ham The DEITEL Developer Series is designed for practicing professionals. The series presents focusedtreatments of emerging technologies, including .NET, J2EE, Web services and more. Each book inthe series contains the same LIVE-CODE teaching methodology used so successfully in the Deitels'How to Program Series college textbooks. The series includes a wide selection of books suitable forthree types of readers: A Technical Introduction: Broad overviews of new technologies for programmers,technical managers and other technical professionals A Programmer's Introduction: Focused treatments of programming fundamentals for practicing programmers and for novices For Experienced Programmers: Detailed treatments of language topics for experiencedprogrammers

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Web Services A Technical Introduction

Understand all this: