WSO2 (WS OH 2) is growing in popularity and the team continues to produce quality products. The WSO2 (a.k.a. Web Services Oxygen Tank) team that has pulled together a platform around Apache SOA projects, producing an application server, ESB, Web 2.0 mashup engine, and more. Most recently, they have released Version 2.1 of the Web Services Application Server (WSAS). The release includes a lot of compelling features, but this article focuses upon WSO2 Data Services. This article introduces WSO2 Data Services, a new feature available in WSO2's WSAS 2.0 platform (the latest release is version 2.1). I will begin by introducing Data Services, examining their architecture and utilization, and then exploring pros and cons of this convenient feature.
