Web Application Solution Provider
Service oriented architectures are not a new thing. The first service oriented architecture for many people in the past was with the use DCOM or Object Request Brokers (ORBs) based on the CORBA specification.
The figure at right illustrates a basic service oriented architecture. It shows service consumers (client tier on the left) and service providers (web services in the middle tier). The service providers (web services) return a response message to the client tier (on the left). The request and subsequent response connections are defined in some way that are understandable to both the service consumers and service providers. These connections are defined through a standard web service technology called SOAP.
Examples of services could include the following:
Based on the example list above, you can see that these services could be utilized in various "mix and match" scenarios to create a solution. If architected correctly, these services can have a high degree of reusability for use with multiple different types of web application solutions.
