Web Services? Not for this client...

Ted Neward mentioned an article in CIO Today about customers waiting for Web services. In it, a Forrester Research analyst said that “right now, there is a genuine sense that we are not quite where we need to be with regards to having a complete stack of Web-service standards.” Well...

A couple of weeks ago a financial institution in the mid-West called me. They wanted to talk about moving their very large classic VB codebase to .NET. I asked if they'd looked at Web services, and the response was “yes, but that's not for us: we need something now and it's going to be a couple of years before Web services are available.”

So, what did they want? Well, they were specifically interested in redeveloping their software systems to communicate with their hundreds of partners around the US. They wanted to “exchange data using XML, and use the Internet”. Too bad Web services weren't available today. <sigh>

3 Comments

  • Yeah, thats too bad. :)

  • Too Funny.....



    so ofer to develop a custom network for say 15 mill or ask them if this &quot;other stuff&quot; will work...

    tell them its a lot like a web service. it's here today. it will be compatable with the &quot;real&quot; webservices later and will cost way less.... then let them decide



    then build some web services ....

    they chose the 15 million version that you just re-name

    or the &quot;cheap&quot; version 8-p

  • Here, today:

    - Automatic deep discovery of all legacy-version VB controls

    - Visual designer to abstract inputs and outputs as &quot;XML black boxes&quot;

    - NO changes to existing VB code (this has been a key)

    - Deploy to .NET framework or J2EE app server

    - Connect to consuming/producing apps via XML



    www.active-endpoints.com

    (Your first integration is free.)

    &lt;end&gt; shameless self-plug

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