Web services, an emerging paradigm for architecting and implementing business collaborations within and across organizational boundaries, are currently of interest to both software vendors and scientists. In this paradigm, the functionality provided by business applications is encapsulated within web services: software components described at a semantic level, which can be invoked by application programs or by other services through a stack of Internet standards including HTTP, XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI [3,18]. Once deployed, web services provided by various organizations can be inter-connected in order to implement business collaborations, leading to composite web services.
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The new release of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 combined with GXS Trading Grid—GXS’s secure, scalable and high-performance B2B integration platform—is the global solution that addresses all of the challenges. By combining best-in-class deployed software with the world’s leading hosted integration service companies can achieve new levels of business performance. Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2 includes new EDI, RFID and B2B capabilities, enabling companies to operate one platform for all internal and external business integration requirements. To fast-start your B2B integration, Microsoft recommends the GXS Trading Grid.
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