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Ready your enterprise network for XML
The difference in file sizes can be quite significant, according to experts. Web services consulting firm ZapThink LLC says that 1 GB of traditional database information could expand to as much as 20 GB when all of the XML coding and descriptors are added.
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Web services analysts such as Jason Bloomberg, of US-based ZapThink, have even suggested that the solution lies in ‘extreme programming’, a collaborative programming method that simultaneously deals with design, testing, deployment and management of programs. “The vision between design and run time is going to blur as companies start to release web services. For example, if you are dynamically discovering web services components, you can’t know what components are being used in the design stage, so you have to do testing while in production. Testing overlaps with management,” says Bloomberg.
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“Processing XML is radically different from switching and network protocol routing. While ordinary network infrastructures simply scan packet headers, XML-aware networks are capable of understanding, parsing, filtering and processing the XML content itself,” said Ron Schmelzer, senior analyst at ZapThink, LLC, a firm focused on XML and Web services research, analysis and insight. “DataPower helps businesses of all sizes realize this value by balancing the needs of speed, security and reliability without sacrificing the flexibility and benefits of XML.”
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