The authors are interning and/or working as part of the Web Services COE (Center of Excellence) for Infosys Technologies, a global IT consulting firm, and have substantial experience in publishing papers, presenting papers at conferences, and defining standards for SOA and Web services. The Web Services COE specializes in SOA, Web services, and other related technologies.
Web services are gaining acceptance as the prime technology used to
interconnect disparate applications and ease interoperability between
heterogeneous and autonomous systems both for internal and external
integration. The variation of contexts in which shared Web services could be
used and the resulting variation in functional and Quality of Service (QoS)
requirements motivate extending Web services management platforms with more
sophisticated control mechanisms to cater to differentiated service
offerings.
However, most Web services platforms are based on a best-effort model, which
treats all requests uniformly, without any type of service differentiation or
prioritization. This article explores the typical generic requirements for
differential QoS support in Web ser... (more)
Looking at the uncertainty and volatility of market conditions today,
enterprises are depending on new cutting-edge technology to have an edge over
their fierce competitors. At the same time, they try extracting more value
from their existing IT investments. Adding to these disparate applications
and technologies are the acquisitions and mergers that inherently bring in
different sets of... (more)
The authors are interning and/or working as part of the Web Services COE (Center of Excellence) for Infosys Technologies, a global IT consulting firm, and have substantial experience in publishing papers, presenting papers at conferences, and defining standards for SOA and Web services. The Web Services COE specializes in SOA, Web services, and other related technologies.
Bob Snyder
Jacques Durand
Alf Pilgrim
Per Sjofors
Kirsten Lytsen
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Colin Armitage
