BizAnalyst Network: CIO Insider: The Scoop on Web Services

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

CIO Insider: The Scoop on Web Services

November 8, 2005

CIO Insider - Your Guide to What's New on CIO.com

Web Services: .Net, Web Services and the End of the Vendor Era
Find out what .Net really means for CIOs, why Web services
standards will transform the CIO's job, and how to make Web
services a reality in your organization.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8047&PMID=39072254&s=5&f=1

* Quiz: Are You Ready for Web Services?
Take our interactive quiz to see if your shop is ready for
the brave new world of Web services.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8048&PMID=39072254&s=5&f=1

Also in this issue of the Insider:
1. Special Report: Microsoft's New Live Software
2. Web Services: The Good, the Bad and the Long Time Coming
3. Weigh In: Some Advice on Advice
4. New Blog: VC Watch
5. Podcast: CIO Week in Review

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1. Special Report: Microsoft's New Live Software
On November 1, Microsoft unveiled its software-as-a-service
strategy. The goal is a more seamless connection between
customers and their business and personal data through a range of
services accessed over the Web by various devices. See our
coverage and commentary.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8224&PMID=39072254&s=5&f=1

2. Web Services: The Good, the Bad and the Long Time Coming
The "wave" of Web services has been a long time breaking.
We've been tracking the trends, cautionary advice and
hopeful outlooks. Use this compilation to broaden your own
view, or your colleagues.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8225&PMID=39072254&s=5&f=1

3. Weigh In: Some Advice on Advice
How to get the most bang for your buck from technology
analysts companies. From Ian Campbell, president of one of
those technology analysts.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8226&PMID=39072254&s=5&f=1

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4. New Blog: VC Watch
Introducing Michael Jung's blog about enterprise technology,
with venture capitalists and CIOs as participants in the
conversation. Jung is a principal at JPMorgan Partners.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8227&PMID=39072254&s=5&f=1

5. Podcast: Week in Review
Alan Paller (Director of Research at the SANS Institute),
Dave Endler (Director of Security Research for TippingPoint
and Chairman of the Voice over IP Security Alliance, VOIPSA)
and Ejovi Nuwere (CTO of Security Lab Technologies) talk
about VoIP's nagging security woes and concerns about the
vulnerabilities of online banking.
http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=8228&PMID=39072254&s=5&f=1

Thanks for reading the CIO Insider.

Sandy Kendall
Web Editor
CIO Magazine
skendall@cio.com

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