The World Wide Web revolutionized communications between users and applications, XML is revolutionizing communications between applications themselves.

Web Services (Web XML Services) allow applications to share information and invoke functions from other applications independent of how they were created, which operating system they run under or the platform by which they are executed and which devices are used to gain access to them.

The integration of applications will make the demand for live-feed information possible to obtain, thus accelerating the decision-making processes. The evolution of the Internet towards Web Services will improve the global results of businesses by reducing expenses and spearheading them towards a continuous improvement of quality. The adoption of Web Services technology by the industry is the first step toward a global economy, hence representing the future of the Internet.

Web Services are one of the newest and most promising technologies for businesses. Top executives visualize Web Services as the next step in their e-Business strategies and developers keep adding more Web Services components in their software projects. Almost 90% of today's company's Technology Directors ponder the building and implementation of Web Services as a strategic part within their organization.

Web Services promise a neutral methodology regarding the platform and based on standards for the integration of applications, automation of business processes, publication / information consumption from various sources and business exchange. This is due to the fact that the Web Services will quickly reach two highly desired technological objectives: