Foreword by Steve Mills

Web services are about enabling complete business-level interoperability across vendor middleware platforms. Starting with the first baby steps—in the form of SOAP—more than five years ago, I have seen the industry moving steadily toward this integration platform with the introduction of one key component after another. While we are not completely there yet, I am confident that a solid technical foundation has been laid and that now the community building process is under way.

This book is about that technical foundation. Starting with an explanation of some of the motivating factors driving customers toward full, in-depth integration of middleware platforms, the authors take you through the entire Web services platform ...

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