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Web services mean consultants must evolve
News The note, from research firm ZapThink, says that with the appearance of more applications based on Web services -- a programming method and set of standards specifically designed to link disparate systems -- services companies will start shifting...
[May 27, 2003, 10:51]
Security holds back Web services
News But Jason Bloomberg, senior analyst at US-based XML and Web services analyst ZapThink, thinks it's still security concerns that are holding Web services back. Bloomberg said that ZapThink research had found that Web services offered great potential...
[July 11, 2002, 9:08]
Web Services reduce costs but slow to grow
News Another analyst firm, ZapThink, which reports exclusively on Web services and XML, offered its own views of the roadblocks to Web services adoption in the article "2002 Retrospective and Thinking Ahead.
[February 20, 2003, 12:48]
Can the URL be improved?
News Currently, we don't have a single, application and protocol-neutral way for identifying these types of resources," said Jason Bloomberg, an analyst at ZapThink. The challenge that OASIS and XRI backers face is the pervasiveness of URLs, said Ronald...
[January 9, 2003, 9:04]
Patent fight holds up Web standards
News This skirmish is a part of the larger 'IBM and Microsoft vs everybody else war' that's turning the Web services arena into a big political debate," said Jason Bloomberg, an analyst with research firm ZapThink.
[July 11, 2002, 14:01]
SOA in any Economic Climate
White Papers This white paper from ZapThink discusses how organizations can quickly benefit from SOA, regardless of the economic climate. Keep ahead of change with service oriented architecture (SOA). With SOA, businesses can flexibly adjust strategies and...
[July 8, 2009, 15:07]
The XML champs
News The downturn in the economy hasn't slowed XML development as much as it has consolidated support behind the most durable XML technologies, says Ronald Schmelzer, senior analyst of ZapThink, an XML market research firm in Waltham, Mass.
[August 23, 2001, 6:30]
IBM keeps its distance from Microsoft Web services spec
News With the technology, a Tibco system could send notifications to an application written using Microsoft's .Net system, noted Ron Schmelzer, an analyst at Web services research firm ZapThink. ZapThink's Schmelzer said it's not clear whether IBM's...
[January 9, 2004, 9:05]
The Mainframe as a first Class SOA Participant - Enhancing the Legacy Value Proposition With SOA
White Papers In this whitepaper, ZapThink analyst Jason Bloomberg explores how using DataDirect's Shadow can enable organisations to transform the mainframe into a first class citizen within a SOA. Today's business imperative for IT is to do more with less, and...
[March 6, 2007, 0:00]
XML appeal
News The language basically solves interoperability problems by providing an interface between computers, databases, and systems, said Ron Schmelzer, a consultant with ZapThink, an XML and Web Services research firm.
[June 30, 2002, 22:47]
SAP, Microsoft tighten Web services partnership
News This lets SAP leverage the Microsoft development community to build SAP applications, which hasn't been that easy in the past because of proprietary interfaces," said Ron Schmelzer, an analyst with ZapThink.
[May 12, 2004, 13:50]
W3C recommends online forms standard
News The way the form looks and the information it gathers are linked together, so you can't change easily for Pocket PC or if you want to use it in Japan, for instance," said Ron Schmelzer, a senior analyst at ZapThink, a research firm that focuses on...
[November 13, 2002, 15:50]
Oasis to create an XML security standard
News The need for a better way of sharing data on security risks is becoming increasingly important, particularly as the use of Web services takes hold, said Ron Schmelzer, an analyst at ZapThink. The Organisation for the Advancement of Structured...
[May 28, 2003, 15:56]
Microsoft announces XDocs details
News Market researcher ZapThink estimates the value of the market for XML-based content management software at more than $11bn by 2008. Microsoft on Monday plans to unveil more details on XDocs, its controversial electronic forms software.
[February 10, 2003, 13:28]
Staffware bought by Tibco
News Ron Schmelzer, an analyst at research company ZapThink, said that Tibco's acquisition of Staffware indicates that Tibco is looking to expand its portfolio beyond integration software. Integration software make Tibco on Thursday said it plans to...
[April 22, 2004, 15:50]
Microsoft opens up Office 2003 XML
News But unlike industry standards controlled by industry committees, Microsoft will dictate the development of the Office schema, noted Ron Schmelzer, an analyst at ZapThink. Microsoft on Monday said it will license the XML-based file formats used in...
[November 17, 2003, 16:20]
Google: A trailblazer for Web services?
News No one has caught the attention of developers the way Google has," said Jason Bloomberg, analyst with industry consultants ZapThink. It's something that's widely available, in production, and the general public seems to like it," ZapThink analyst...
[May 7, 2002, 12:32]
Oasis approves Web services 'directory'
News Ron Schmelzer, an analyst at ZapThink, said that version 3 of UDDI could hasten the adoption of so-called services-oriented architectures, a new way of designing software applications. A standards body on Tuesday put its stamp of approval on a...
[May 21, 2003, 10:46]
Group aims to strengthen Web services
News Ron Schmelzer, an analyst at ZapThink, said WS-Reliability tackles one of the long-standing hurdles to Web services adoption, which also include security, management and transactions. A group of information technology companies published a...
[January 9, 2003, 8:26]
Web services to weave devices together
News said Ron Schmelzer, an analyst at Web services research company ZapThink. Microsoft and Intel are backing a standardisation effort to connect all manner of devices, from computer peripherals to consumer electronics, using Web services protocols.
[February 18, 2004, 10:35]
