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Web Services
Return on Investment PerspectiveTo your health: Web services Seattle’s 17-hospital Providence Health System is leveraging Web services to transform how it operates according to a recent piece in Healthcare Informatics. It brought in Cupertino-based Infravio Inc enable application integrations using the approach. That has enabled the organization to link many of its in-house legacy systems into a single patient portal which has enabled online bill paying among other services. Moreover Providence has integrated its ambulatory electronic medical record (EMR) into its emergency department and acute care physician portal. Docs can get a comprehensive view of the complete office EMR dynamically created on the fly for them when they log into the portal says Michael Reagin Providence’s director of research and development . I’m a firm believer in Web services. more > 'Applistructure' important task for firms says AMR The merger of enterprise applications with underlying infrastructure will be one of the most important tasks for companies to complete over the next two years according to analysts AMR Research. AMR has termed the requirement as applistructure . The analyst said demand for applistructure is being driven by Web services and SOAs. To deliver applistructure an integrated and complete set of applications and infrastructure are established. The components may come from different suppliers but are managed and guaranteed by a single one. more > Integration’s dividends make for a tough sell When N.E.W. Customer Services of Sterling Va. set out to handle extended warranty programs for retailers and manufacturers it turned to WebMethods’ integration tools to connect its systems with those of its customers and service partners. The result was faster service improved management reporting and new offerings. We can now let our customers’ customers schedule warranty service in real time says Jay Jaiprakash chief architect and integration manager. more > Banking & Financial Services: IT Digs Deeper Into Financial Services The U.S. financial-services industry a prodigious consumer of business technology will spend about $60 billion on IT this year split evenly among banks securities firms and insurance companies. In an industry whose only tangible product is information IT is being called upon to supply more of it in support of new customer-service and revenue-producing opportunities. more > Big First-Half Loss Roils Management At Capgemini The CFO resigns after the consulting firm loses $165 million during the first half of fiscal '04. IT-services firm Capgemini SA has replaced its CFO following a disappointing first half of 2004. The company named Nicolas Dufourcq as its new CFO replacing William Bitan. Capgemini says Bitan resigned to pursue personal interests. Dufourcq is a former CEO of French Internet service provider Wanadoo. more > Web Services: A Risky Investment in 2005 Since their inception Web services have promised to transform business. But that's not happening anytime soon given the complexity in deploying and managing Web services the current state of standards adoption and unresolved intellectual property issues. more > Web services and the mainframe The idea of using platform-independent Web services technology to provide access to back-end mainframe applications is picking up speed. Software vendors with experience in the Web services market are working to provide links to the mainframe either in their products or through tie-ins with vendors that have mainframe experience; meanwhile hardware/software vendors such as IBM and Unisys are promoting Web services on the mainframe. more > It's Time to Actively Manage Your SOA If you were the CIO or chief architect at a company and I told you that you are already running multiple Web services how would you react? Pleasantly surprised? Shocked? Would you be upset? more > 2004 Innovators create applications that make a difference locally and globally While the dot-com boom and bust is now relegated to the dustbin of technological history Web applications are increasingly allowing business and government to improve service and significantly boost ROI. more > WS-I ships Web services best practices The Web Services Interoperability (WS-I) Organization last week released its Sample Application 1.0 a set of use cases usage scenarios and technical architecture intended to help define best practices for using the WS-I's Basic Profile 1.0 and to offer Web services developers some real-world examples to help with their own projects. more > Web Services Can Cut Costs Eventually the arguments about any new technology's lack of elegance subside and the discussion of what it is good for begins to dominate the conversation. Web services have the good fortune of being dull by nature. Any reporter can whip up interest in companies like the dot-coms which went from nonexistence to billion-dollar valuations in just a few years but it takes preternatural talent to get data interchange to excite readers. more > |
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