Is there magic in Web services?

May 2008 from CAmagazine and written by Michael Burns – “In last month’s column, we looked at why it is so difficult to integrate different systems, whether they be inside or outside a company. Some of the problems, such as gaining access to data from different systems, can be solved using technology such as open databases. But when it comes to other hurdles — integration with trading partners, in particular — Web services and extensible markup language (XML) are now being held up as the best solution…”