While the world has been in the economic doldrums and most IT companies have been reporting lousy earnings, IBM Software Division has been buying and innovating. It has been interesting to watch IBM execute this strategy, drawing on its deep cash reserves, while others simply hunker down and wait for the wind to fill their sails again.

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Everyone is talking about Web services, but information on this new technology is heavily skewed. You can find reams of instructive matter about specifications, and nearly every vendor has a thrilling tale to tell (or "sell"?). But there's a dearth of accurate data about what organizations are actually doing with Web services -- or whether they're doing anything at all.

In early 2003, Cutter Consortium conducted a survey to help answer this question. The results are analyzed in this issue of CBR .

Everyone is talking about Web services, but information on this new technology is heavily skewed. You can find reams of instructive matter about specifications, and nearly every vendor has a thrilling tale to tell (or "sell"?). But there's a dearth of accurate data about what organizations are actually doing with Web services -- or whether they're doing anything at all.

In early 2003, Cutter Consortium conducted a survey to help answer this question. The results are analyzed in this issue of CBR .

In "Adoption of Web Services Rolling Along," I started analyzing the results of an early 2003 Cutter survey on Web services. Here, I will present more of the information that emerged from the survey, focusing on the perceived benefits and drawbacks of Web services.

Here are highlights from the survey of 240 respondents on which I'll be focusing:

 

In this article, I will examine what our survey tells us about the adoption of Web services standards as well as the extent to which Web services are replacing other forms of middleware.

Based on replies from 240 respondents, the principal conclusions are as follows:

 

In this article, I will examine what our survey tells us about the adoption of Web services standards as well as the extent to which Web services are replacing other forms of middleware.

Based on replies from 240 respondents, the principal conclusions are as follows:

This is the final installment in a series of articles based on Cutter's early 2003 survey on Web services. Here I will explore the platforms and software tools currently being used to deploy Web services.

Based on replies from 240 respondents, the main conclusions of the survey are as follows:

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About a year ago, we first addressed the subject of Web services in CBR . At that time, Cutter survey results raised many questions about the meaning of "Web services," how companies intended to use these services, and why many respondents seemed so down on ASPs but nonetheless willing to consider using Web services in analogous ways. The data contained seemingly contradictory results, as is probably not surprising for a relatively early stage in the use of a new technology. In my review of that issue (Vol. 2, No.

About a year ago, we first addressed the subject of Web services in CBR . At that time, Cutter survey results raised many questions about the meaning of "Web services," how companies intended to use these services, and why many respondents seemed so down on ASPs but nonetheless willing to consider using Web services in analogous ways. The data contained seemingly contradictory results, as is probably not surprising for a relatively early stage in the use of a new technology. In my review of that issue (Vol. 2, No.

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Opening Statement David GarmusThe Big Picture: Software Measurements in Large Corporations Capers JonesExtracting Real Value from Process Improvement Thomas M. Cagley, Jr.

Opening Statement David GarmusThe Big Picture: Software Measurements in Large Corporations Capers JonesExtracting Real Value from Process Improvement Thomas M. Cagley, Jr.