1.1. What Are the Next Frontiers?

1.1.1. The Web Services Phenomenon

In June of 2003, there were more than 113 printed books on Web Services available at Amazon.com, compared to 2 printed books in September of 2001, 45 printed books in March of 2002, and 86 printed books in February of 2003. Do a search on the Web, and you will be faced with a huge collection of articles and Web sites devoted to Web Services. Additionally, there are a large number of printed books available to the Web Services audience about an almost identical subject: WSDL-UDDI-SOAP technology. With all of these resources available, how does one choose the best of the bunch?

Scanning through a few titles on the subject, readers may notice that while there are abundant printed ...

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