Decision Support

摘要

Web services will let innovative business models evolve and will support current models by making the integration of applications easier. However, Web services standards and technology must mature before we'll have the most innovative and valuable models, and we have to learn from early Web-services experiences. A recent example is Microsoft's .Net My Services, which originally required users to rely on Microsoft to host a private, secure, and highly available identity service. Several large companies have indicated that they don't trust third parties to host business-critical identity data. In response, Microsoft recently floated a model that provides products that let companies host their own sensitive identity data. This is positive, though Microsoft will probably need to ensure interoperability with other identity standards, such as those the Liberty Alliance is developing.