"Web services gives you a leverage point" to start bridging organisations, says Bond. Traditional paper-based contracts include descriptions of service levels and other ways such as delivery dates ...

For a couple of years now, we've been barraged with messages from the press, analysts, vendors, and others about possible useful applications of Web services. Almost all of these messages envision Web ...

Technology has enabled businesses to do something they couldn’t have done before – have real-time, up-to-the-minute access to information about inventory, pricing, purchasing and order status. Web ...

The last 15 years have been a stage of continuous development for portals. Following developments in web technology, from mere content display platforms with minimal personalization capabilities, ...