- A complete walk-through of building full life-cycle Web services covering the architecture, models, designs, and implementation. - Presents a technology-agnostic approach that focuses on building applications around established open standards. - Addresses issues not found anywhere else, such as security, technology standards efforts, and vendor strategies around Web services. - Plenty of examples through illustrations and code help the reader not only to understand Web services, but to start implementing them right away. - A supporting Website (www.fundamentalwebservices.com) will host live