Jim Culbert, vice president of technology at MetraTech, is responsible for technology choices and architectural issues. He joined the company in 1998 as vice president of enginneering, directed architecture, and design, and helped launch the first version of MetraTech's billing solution. He has more than 12 years of experience in Internet application development from the network layer through complex Web services.
Web services hold the promise to revolutionize the way architects build
systems and how software is delivered and sold. While the full realization of
these advances will take years to play out, most of these benefits are rooted
in technologies that are available today. This article will look at what can
be achieved today using Web services technologies to prepare yourself to take
advantage of Web services as the standards and tools mature. We will discuss
five things that you can do to take advantage of Web services core
technologies and point out trends to pay attention to in the near future.
Five Things You Can Do Today
XML for Data Interchange
If your system can export and import data as XML then you can take advantage
of many of the benefits of existing XML technologies. One critical problem
faced by IT managers is the blizzard of data formats that their systems
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Jim Culbert, vice president of technology at MetraTech, is responsible for technology choices and architectural issues. He joined the company in 1998 as vice president of enginneering, directed architecture, and design, and helped launch the first version of MetraTech's billing solution. He has more than 12 years of experience in Internet application development from the network layer through complex Web services.
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