Web Services in the Enterprise

This professional reference provides a comprehensive guide for software architects, academics, developers and IT managers on the implications of web services and their relation to traditional application, system and network management. The text is organized in parts, each covering one aspect of web services:

- an overview of current technologies and standards in e-business, web services and business processes;

- a definition of the metrics based on business contracts and the proper instrumentation of web services based on that metrics;

- the role of modeling in a management system;

- a how-to guide to building web-service and business process management systems.

Additionally, the text is enriched with numerous real-life examples and code samples.