XML is a hot topic these days, but what can XML really do for your company, and should you deploy it? Understanding what this standard can do for you is only the first step in an evaluation. The next ...

The Web and XML have changed our perspective about what data can do. Instead of regarding data as something to be stored in a database and shuttled across existing networks by systems locked in a ...

Successful deployment of Java-based Web services requires detailed knowledge and understanding of fundamental concepts behind Web services, different Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) ...

Editor's Note: This web services development tutorial was published in 2001, and remains a very popular article on TheServerSide. This article still provides great value, but significant changes have ...

In a world of microservices development and Docker-based deployments, RESTful web services tend to grab all the headlines. However, there's still a place in modern enterprise architectures for ...

In a few short years, a once obscure technology bearing the unremarkable name of Extensible Markup Language has gone from a dry-as-dust specification to the center of the newest Web revolution. Like ...

The rise of internetworking was enabled by the use of network-level security technologies such as Secure Sockets Layer, IPsec and firewall filtering to create a secure perimeter around an enterprise ...