"This book discusses the application of information systems to service creation, modeling, and evolution, covering foundational concepts and innovations in service management, service-oriented computing, strategic information systems, and Web services"--

A key factor for success of companies operating in a globalized market environment is a modern SOA-based infrastructure. An essential component of a SOA infrastructure is the central service registry. Current standards for organizing service registries and their implementations are driven by the...

The majority of service providers have recognized the need to develop innovative services that meet sophisticated customer needs on time. Because of structural changes in the market, rising costs and shorter lifecycles of services and technologies this has become a more demanding task than ever...