The development of Web services depends on several protocols. SOAP over HTTP is the messaging protocol predominantly used at the present time, and synchronous RPC is the predominant messaging pattern.

Web services promote platform neutrality and interoperability, but a language must be chosen for development. This book is a good fit if Java is your choice. The hype surrounding Web service ...

At the conclusion of his J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) Web services presentation at last year’s JavaOne, IBM architect Jim Knutson remarked that “every Web service needs a place to be a ...

The company aims to turn up the heat on Java rivals with plans for software that could simplify the creation of heavy-duty Web services applications. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green ...

Developers designing network-centered computing and control products must cope with a wide range of implementation issues inside the box, a bewildering array of connectivity issues outside of it and a ...

The Microsoft Web Services Development Kit (WSDK), available at the company's MSDN site, allows developers to build Web services using the latest round of Web services standards, including WS-Security ...

Editor's Note: This web services development tutorial was published in 2001, and remains a very popular article on TheServerSide. This article still provides great value, but significant changes have ...