Key Findings:

• The Web Services market is segmented into three major segments:
  • Web Services Platforms consisting of a Web Services Development Environment and Web Services Runtime Environment
  • Web Service Application Development Suites
  • Web Services Operations Management
• 75% of surveyed companies stated that their planned Web Service deployments will be internally-focused
• 64% of surveyed companies stated that Enterprise and Data Integration was the primary focus of their Web Service implementations
• 61% of surveyed companies plan a pilot test of Web Service-based applications within the next 12 months
• 58% of current Web Services pilots are being deployed on the Java2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) infrastructure

Table of Contents:

• Executive Summary
• Scope of Report
• Web Services — Baseline Definitions
• Problems addressed by Web Services and ROI
• Current State of the Market of Web Services
• Market Sizing, Numbers, and Stats
• Pieces of the Puzzle: Standards and Specifications
• SOAP Implementations
• Portability and Interoperability Issues and Challenges
• UDDI Implementations
• Pieces of the Puzzle: Web Services Market Segmentation
• Web Services Platform: Development Environment and Runtime
• Web Service Transports
• Web Service Application Development and Delivery
• Web Services Operations Management
• Competitive Trends & Directions
• Missing Elements / Gaps
• Predictions
• What’s Real and What’s Not?
• End Notes and References
• Vendor Profiles

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