Dave Spicer

Many companies are in the initial planning and pilot stages with Web services initiatives and may not think they need to consider management solutions right now. They need to think again. Understanding the features and benefits of Web services-management technologies available today will have a significant impact on how Web services are developed and how companies can use Web services tomorrow. The news may be much better than most think, especially if concerns about security, reliability, connection provisioning, and monitoring are making executives shy about taking the Web services plunge. Before I talk about different types of management platforms, it may help to take a look at the problems management platforms address. Web services-management solutions exist because Web services are cross-platform and potentially cross-organization in nature. While the stack of ... (more)