Which companies sell products based on "Web Services" technology?

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Request for Question Clarification by aht-ga on 31 Mar 2004 23:59 PST

bumtrinket-ga:

The beauty of Web Services is that it works behind the scenes to allow
companies to integrate the best-in-class services and modules they
need to support their business processes.

Given the list price you have provided for this question, would you be
satisfied if I supplied you with a link to an online directory of over
one hundred companies who have all pledged to work towards making web
services available that will work together?

Regards,

aht-ga
Google Answers Researcher

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Clarification of Question by bumtrinket-ga on 01 Apr 2004 23:28 PST

Would you be able to send me a list of companies that have software
products that 'enable webservices' for businesses?

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Request for Question Clarification by aht-ga on 02 Apr 2004 10:30 PST

Unfortunately, Google Answers policy does not permit Researchers to
e-mail anything directly to clients, all research must be posted here
on the Google Answers service.

As well, to develop a list separate from the online directory (which
is all on one webpage, by the way) would exceed the amount of research
that a $2.00 list price would justify.

Please let me know whether you would like me to supply you with the
link to the online directory (on one webpage) that should meet your
needs. All of the companies involved are either developing web
services for their customers, or are developing the fundamental
technologies that allow web services to work.

Regards,

aht-ga
Google Answers Researcher

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Clarification of Question by bumtrinket-ga on 02 Apr 2004 12:42 PST

I understand. This is the first time I am using this service. Please
provide whatever level of information supported by the price I have
mentioned.

Thanks.

bumtrinket-ga:

Thank you for your Question regarding Web Services solution providers.

"Web Services" is a term that has come to mean different things to
different people. Generally, over the past year or so, the term has
come to mean any automated module accessed over the Internet that
provides some form of information processing for business
applications. Much better definitions that my mangled attempt here,
can be found by asking Google to define 'web services':

://www.google.com/search?q=define:+web+services


To attempt to bring some order to the chaos that is Web Services,
there is an industry group called the Web Services Interoperability
group with membership by almost all of the companies working on
developing Web Services. This group's web presence is maintained at:

http://www.ws-i.org/

More importantly for your needs and this Answer, the WS-I maintains a
list of all of their member organizations, here:

http://www.ws-i.org/Community.aspx?Alpha=All

On this directory page, you can read the self-provided write-ups of
each of the companies, to determine if their line of business matches
your exact needs.

You will notice that there are no links from this page to the websites
of the individual member companies. To learn more about the companies
that pique your interest, you will need to use Google to locate their
home pages; for the most part, you can simplify the search by entering
the company name (in double-quotes) and the phrase "web services"
(include the double-quotes) in the Google search field. For example,
to find the company Reactivity, you would use the following search:

://www.google.com/search?q=Reactivity+%22web+services%22

I hope that this helps you in your quest. As well, since this is your
first use of Google Answers, you may wish to take a look at the
following resource for an idea of what you can expect in the future
when you post other questions at any given list price:

Google Answers:How to price your question
http://answers.google.com/answers/pricing.html

Thanks again for your Question,

aht-ga
Google Answers Researcher