XML Web Services are being deployed everywhere. This session discusses what is a Web Service, the technologies and standards that are involved, and how projects can benefit from it.

We will discuss the architecture of NonStop XML Web Services suite of products, and go through some usage scenarios.

It will talk about how to use NonStop SOAP to expose a TS/MP server class as an XML Web Service using standards such as SOAP and WSDL, and invoke it from a .NET or a Java client.

It will also discuss Web Service support in the NonStop edition of BEA & IONA application servers.

Finally, it will discuss that lies ahead in this arena.