Robert Anderson is a consulting product marketing manager within the PATROL Applications Management line of business at BMC Software, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise management solutions. In his role, Anderson focuses on market strategy and development of BMC Software's Internet and Web services management products, including PATROL Internet Server Manager. Prior to taking this role in late 2002, Anderson was a lead product developer at BMC since 1999. Anderson joined BMC Software, Inc. in 1996, when he led Unix systems management in BMC's IT department. He has used his IT background to help set BMC's Internet and Web services management product direction. Prior to BMC Software, Inc., beginning in 1991, Anderson was a strong proponent of the commercialization of the World Wide Web, working to help establish the online presence of the Houston Chronicle and to further adoption of Internet services at the University of Texas - Houston.
Web services are no longer a collection of buzzwords in the field of
e-commerce. Instead, Web services technology enables companies to effectively
integrate applications from disparate platforms and partners into a composite
application built on business processes.
In today's early stages of deployment, many companies across a variety of
industries are experimenting with Web services. However, we are still not at
the point where Web services are the standard for doing business with
customers, suppliers, and partners. As a result, most companies won't need a
complete Web services management framework until business-critical services
become more pervasive - through the end of 2004 and into 2005. This article
examines the process of implementing both early-stage and advanced Web
services management.
Among the techno-savvy in today's corporations, Web services are being... (more)
Robert Anderson is a consulting product marketing manager within the PATROL Applications Management line of business at BMC Software, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise management solutions.
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