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Web services mean consultants must evolve

...to a research note released on Thursday. The note, from research firm ZapThink, says that with the appearance of more applications based on Web services... Read more

27 May, 2003 by Martin LaMonica

Web Services reduce costs but slow to grow

...vendors must cooperate to make sure various Web services applications interoperate seamlessly. ZapThink: Thrift is here to stayAnother analyst firm, ZapThink, which reports exclusively on... Read more

20 February, 2003 by Jim Zimmermann

Web services nears saturation

...oriented architecture, which is a more flexible and cost-effective system design. ZapThink estimates that 70 percent of the broader systems management market will be... Read more

21 January, 2004 by Martin LaMonica

Software firms favour e-forms

...published by the W3C, the main governing body for Web-related standards. ZapThink's Schmelzer says XForms has the potential to alleviate confusion among different... Read more

13 October, 2003 by David Becker

IBM releases ID management tools

...that it has acquired Netegrity, said Jason Bloomberg, a senior analyst with ZapThink. "It's still a horse race Read more

9 May, 2005 by Dawn Kawamoto

Have we lost sight of what Web services are meant to do?

...approach is better. Ron Schmelzer, an analyst at Web services research company ZapThink, said REST can indeed yield better results in isolated instances. But the... Read more

5 October, 2004 by Martin LaMonica

SAP, Microsoft tighten Web services partnership

...the past because of proprietary interfaces," said Ron Schmelzer, an analyst with ZapThink. For Microsoft, the deal helps the company gain entry into large enterprise... Read more

12 May, 2004 by Mike Ricciuti

Staffware bought by Tibco

...several smaller specialised workflow companies. Ron Schmelzer, an analyst at research company ZapThink, said that Tibco's acquisition of Staffware indicates that Tibco is looking... Read more

22 April, 2004 by Martin LaMonica

IBM prepares to unveil new software and services

...in computing systems designs, said Ron Schmelzer, an analyst at research company ZapThink. Much like earlier shifts to client/server and Web-based computing, SOAs... Read more

16 April, 2004 by Martin LaMonica

Intel signs up for Liberty Alliance

...PCs and mobile devices, said Jason Bloomberg, an analyst at research company ZapThink. Intel does not sell a federated identity management software product. The organisation... Read more

17 March, 2004 by Martin LaMonica

Shades of Jini

...same as Jini," said Ron Schmelzer, an analyst with market research firm ZapThink. "The fundamental difference is that WS-Discovery has nothing to do with... Read more

9 March, 2004 by Mike Ricciuti

Web services to weave devices together

...the network?" said Ron Schmelzer, an analyst at Web services research company ZapThink. "UDDI isn't enough to handle these sometimes-connected services." CNET News... Read more

18 February, 2004 by Martin LaMonica

IBM bypasses Microsoft Web services spec

...talk to each other," said Ron Schmelzer, an analyst at research company ZapThink. IBM, Microsoft and other partners are expected to soon submit to a... Read more

21 January, 2004 by Martin LaMonica

IBM keeps its distance from Microsoft Web services spec

...Net system, noted Ron Schmelzer, an analyst at Web services research firm ZapThink. The WS-Eventing specification was designed to work with other Web services... Read more

9 January, 2004 by Martin LaMonica

IBM, BEA brew up Java strategy

The rival companies are to cooperate with the Java Community Process to standardise Java specifications Read more

25 November, 2003 by Martin LaMonica

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