What is Authentication?
I’ve talked about authentication many times on ThinkMiddleware.com. It recently occurred to me that I have never devoted a blog[…]
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What is a Web Service? What is a Service?
I have watched this debate unfold at every client site I have visited in the past few years. There are[…]
Read moreWhat is a Service Consumer?
A Service Consumer is any tier of an organization’s systems that calls web services. These services could be implemented by[…]
Read moreWhat is a Web Service? What is a web service?
This one has probably been addressed many times. But, I needed a place to link to whenever it comes up[…]
Read moreWhat Is A SOAP Web Service?
A SOAP Web Service is any web service that is compliant with the SOAP 1.1 or SOAP 1.2 specs. When[…]
Read moreWhat Is A REST Web Service?
REST web services are not nearly as formalized as their SOAP equivalent. A REST web service adheres to the principals[…]
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