Web services, a major new trend in standards-based software technology, is made up of pieces of custom-developed code that lets two or more Web-based applications talk to each other.

Actional hooks up with Microsoft and joins a growing number of companies touting tools for Web services application performance.

Web services describes a set of XML-based standards and a method of programming applications to share information between disparate systems.

Web services are software applications that allow their programs to run over the Internet — taking advantage of new technology standards and creating workable and efficient e-commerce ...

Web application firewalls are evolving to support XML- and Web services-based applications, and vendors Teros and NetContinuum are both driving upcoming product releases in that direction.

Garzotto says the real-time nature of the applications that will take advantage of Web services requires that they have accurate, real-time data.

MetiLinx and Digital Evolution launch a combined application that's designed to improve the performance of Web services applications.

Web services have their downside - in particular, the additional burden placed on applications - but the advantages of rapid development and Internet integration far outweighs this. The real issue ...

With an eye toward easing Web services application creation and personalization, Kinzan Inc. on Tuesday introduced an application framework designed to automatically generate and assemble ...

Web services describes a set of XML-based standards and a method of programming applications to share information between disparate systems.