I just picked up a new book from John Hagel III, author of Net Gain and Net Worth. This one is titled "Out of the Box: Strategies for Achieving Profits Today and Growth Tomorrow through Web Services".
Web Services is the TCP/IP of the Integration world. Where TCP/IP allowed a variety of computers to connect via the browser, Web Services allows diverse business systems to connect, thus allowing a variety of systems to interface via XML, a text based, data-rich markup language. XML has become the currency of crosstalk; the integration of systems via a common and widespread language that can traverse the TCP/IP connections. Of course, this spells hopeful scenarios for organizations seeking to maximize their existing communication infrastructure investments, such as the Church.
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