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Article: BUILDING for a BRAVE NEW WORLD.(Web services)
- Article from:
- Enterprise Systems Journal
- Article date:
- October 1, 2001
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Although still in its infancy, Web services is tantalizing the industry by promising a collection of technologies and services that will integrate seamlessly via the Web. Can you afford to ignore it?
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