WS orchestration 'power struggle' under way, IDC says |
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By Staff report
20 Jan 2004 | SearchWebServices.com |
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In a new research report, International Data Corp. said that a "power struggle" is shaping up between software vendors over how to meet the requirements of Web services orchestration.
"Although a desire for building composite applications and fulfilling process integration requirements is pervasive, the tolerance and justification for introducing another technology will be a hurdle that many vendors will initially face," wrote Sandra Rogers, research director for Framingham, Mass.-based IDC's Web services unit. "Orchestration technologies are still somewhat new to the marketplace, and while it is rather early to start measuring the ultimate benefits of Web services orchestration, there is enough data for a company to begin analyzing whether an investment in orchestration makes sense."
IDC describes orchestration as a development and deployment methodology that abstracts business processes from specific application logic and data sources. It enables the assembly of software components and specification of rules governing their interaction in order to execute business processes and workflows.
Because this approach leads to different levels of programming, IDC said, it is associated with a "multilevel programming model." In its report, IDC predicted that this new market could address -- but potentially exacerbate -- the complexity of software development.
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