While Web services may promise superior integration, it also presents a significant challenge when it comes to speed and performance.
Take for example a recent Web services conference. A group of developers were asked whether they encountered performance issues working with Web services.
All attendees in the room raised their hands.
There are three approaches to Web services and SOA performance optimization, according to Ron Schmelzer, senior analyst at Waltham, Mass.-based ZapThink LLC. Companies can use specialized hardware accelerators, an optimized software and compression approach, or use binary XML to replace the unparsed, text-based XML format.
