Chapter 25. How .NET and Web Services Work
Web services, and its cousin, .NET, are little known technologies that use the Internet to dramatically increase businesses’ and individuals’ productivity. They allow programs and services to be run remotely across the Internet, and also allow services to be delivered automatically to people’s desktops. The technologies are extremely malleable and can be used for a wide variety of purposes. For example, web services can be used to automatically deliver up-to-the-minute weather and stock information to someone’s computer, and they can also be used to automatically tie together the computer systems ...
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