BUSINESS-ORIENTED MANAGEMENT OF WEB SERVICES

摘要

The main research and development focus in Web services today is on basic middleware infrastructures. However, once technology consolidates and, consequently, a substantial number of Web services become available, the attention will shift from service deployment to service management. In fact, management complexity grows with the number and type of services deployed, and therefore companies will soon require tools that support and automate their management efforts. The interest in this area is demonstrated by recent standardization proposals (such as the Open Management Interface and the OASIS Web Services Distributed Management Technical Committee) and by the creation of large-scale research programs. The different facets of Web services management are discussed here, with specific focus on business-oriented management of Web services, which refers to assessing the impact of service execution from a business perspective and, con-wersely, to correcting and optimizing service executions based on business objectives. This is crucial for every corporation, as it aligns IT operations with business goals.