News

We don't think you should approach host integration based on any one opinion, so we have started compiling a list of links on integration ROI, XML, SOAP, web services, and any other topics relevant to host integration. If you have some suggestions, contact us and provide the URL to whatever articles you think are valuable.

Return on Investment

• The Art of ROI, by Jim Ericson
  Line56, May 2002
• Increasing ROI with EAI, by Michael J. Schroeck
  DM Review, March 2000

Technology Overviews

• Integrating Legacy Applications as Web Services, by Russ Teubner and Michael Wilson, z/journal, April/May 2003.
• The Use of Enterprise Architecture Integration in Legacy System Transformation Strategies, by Earl H. Parsons. EAI Industry, 2002.
• Introduction to Web Services Architecture, by K. Gottschalk, S. Graham, H. Kreger, and J. Snell. IBM Systems Journal, Volume 41, Number 2, 2002
• Accessing Mainframes with Web Services, by Julio Angel Fernandez
• Legacy Extension or Extinction? by Theresa Rutkowski, Managing Editor.
  Insurance Networking, August 2002
• Coming Clean with SOAP, by Greg Grosh.
  eAI Journal, April 2002
• The Essential Guide to Web Services, by Sari Kalin
  Darwin, January 2002
• SOAP Tutorial at W3 Schools
• SearchWebServices.com links to SOAP weblinks

Martket Trends

• IDC Hails XML as B2B Integration Standard, IntelligentEAI

Specifications

• Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Second Edition)
• SOAP Version 1.2 Part 1: Messaging Framework
• SOAP Version 1.2 Part 2: Adjuncts
• Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI)
• Web Services Description Langauge (WSDL) 1.1