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摘要

Still, the Web provided enough of a start and stimulus so that about five years ago, technologists could begin crafting the other parts of the answer: Web services. Today, they are still hard at work making the vision of Web services a reality, and some progress has been made. More needs to be done, but now is the time for companies to begin developing strategies for making the most of what Web services offer now and will offer in the future. "Web services" is an umbrella term for services that take place over the Web, use Internet protocols, and may or may not involve the use of a Web browser. Toufic Boubez, CTO of Layer 7 Technologies, a Web services firm headquartered in San Mateo, CA, says that the term is a bit of a misnomer and not nearly powerful enough to convey the strength of the broad array of services under development.