Enterprise IT managers and developers are still grappling with many of the same questions and concerns about Web services they had at the start of 2004. But clearly they've been doing their homework.
Sure they want to know about the security of Web services and how they're going to manage the multitude of services their companies are exposing internally and externally to partners, suppliers and customers. But they're also starting to look deeper into the quandary that is service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Web services.
They're starting to talk about versioning of services, key standards that need to be moved forward, skills developers and managers need and how to make services interoperable. That kind of depth to their questions indicates a certain sophistication not present 12 months ago.
