Editor's Note: The author of the "Street Fighting Comes to Web Services"
article contacted all of the companies mentioned in this article. The
following Microsoft response was received after our copy deadline. It is
included below in its entirety.
What is .NET?
Microsoft is creating an advanced new generation of software that melds
computing and communications in a revolutionary new way, offering every
developer the tools they need to transform the Web and every other aspect of
the computing experience. We call this initiative Microsoft® .NET, and for
the first time it enables developers, businesses, and consumers to harness
technology on their terms. Microsoft .NET will allow the creation of truly
distributed Web services that will integrate and collaborate with a range of
complementary services to serve customers in ways that today's dot-coms can
only dream of. ... (more)
Get ready, because soon the big knock will be at your door and your boss will
be standing there with a single question for you: Should we go with .NET or
J2EE for our Web services?
Know a couple of things right off the bat. Big bucks will ride on your answer
because, whichever direction your company takes, investment in a Web services
platform will represent a substantial IT budget commitment. The other fact is
that - smile as you might at what seems the improbable pairing of your boss
with a cutting-edge technology question - both Microsoft (with .NET) and the
Java community (S... (more)
If you weren't there, a couple of years from now you'll misremember and say
you were. That's how big - how momentous - Web Services Edge 2001 West and
XMLEdge were. Call that late October conference in Santa Clara the Woodstock
of Web services because this is the one everyone wishes they had attended.
The reason is simple: Web services have gone mainstream and suddenly, a
concept that even proponents were admitting as recently as six months ago was
spacey verging on vaporous, is now emerging as the next must-have by
enterprise IT groups. Bottom line: Web services got sexy and it ... (more)
Remember back when there was a real and fun! battle for supremacy
between Microsoft and Apple? Guess what: just such a conflict is shaping up
for supremacy on the wireless handset where at least two major players are
girding up for a fight to own this turf. Of course there's Sun with their
lightweight, mobile Java (J2ME), but there's also QUALCOMM with BREW. Who's
ahead? Read on for eyewitness reportage from this battlefield.
Just when you thought the battle for the handset was over and it was time to
sip a ceremonial cup of Java in honor of Sun's plans to dress up handhelds ... (more)
Today's challenge for wireless carriers is undeniable, stark, even
frightening. For the first time, the big wireless operators are struggling
for traction amid an economic downturn. Essentially, since the industry's
birth, they've been riding a wave of prosperity but, guess what, that wave
just crashed into the rocks of recession. Wipeout! It's an industry first,
but at least one company is determined to use these lean times to rocket past
their competitors.
Now in the number four position, Sprint PCS says, just watch: they're going
to batter their way higher in industry ranking... (more)
Robert McGarvey has covered the Web since 1994 for magazines ranging from "Technology Review" to "Upside." He is the author of the best-selling book "How To DotCom" and a contributing writer to various SYS-CON publications, including Wireless Business & Technology and Web Services Journal. He can be reached at mcgarvey@sys-con.com.
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