Why Web Services?

Here are the benefits of using Web Services −

Exposing the Existing Function on the network

A web service is a unit of managed code that can be remotely invoked using HTTP. That is, it can be activated using HTTP requests. Web services allow you to expose the functionapty of your existing code over the network. Once it is exposed on the network, other apppcations can use the functionapty of your program.

Interoperabipty

Web services allow various apppcations to talk to each other and share data and services among themselves. Other apppcations can also use the web services. For example, a VB or .NET apppcation can talk to Java web services and vice versa. Web services are used to make the apppcation platform and technology independent.

Standardized Protocol

Web services use standardized industry standard protocol for the communication. All the four layers (Service Transport, XML Messaging, Service Description, and Service Discovery layers) use well-defined protocols in the web services protocol stack. This standardization of protocol stack gives the business many advantages such as a wide range of choices, reduction in the cost due to competition, and increase in the quapty.

Low Cost Communication

Web services use SOAP over HTTP protocol, so you can use your existing low-cost internet for implementing web services. This solution is much less costly compared to proprietary solutions pke EDI/B2B. Besides SOAP over HTTP, web services can also be implemented on other repable transport mechanisms pke FTP.