The IT industry and the press have given Web services much attention over the
past year as it has emerged as the "next frontier" of enterprise computing.
However, according to IDC's new Web Services Awareness and Adoption Study, individuals still have dramatically different perceptions about Web services
and what they represent.
For many respondents, the prospect of moving to a more flexible, interoperable systems environment is highly appealing, but the Web services phenomenon has been hyped prematurely; standards are still evolving and semantic concerns have yet to be addressed.
Similarly, the benefits of investing in an immature technology just aren't clear
enough to justify the investment in the current environment.
But the promise of Web services is very appealing and enterprises are enthusiastically planning to take advantage of this type of computing model.
"Organizations may believe that there is strong value in
the Web services architecture, but justifying resources for
any new technology in such a tight economy has been a
challenge," said Sandra Rogers, Program Manager for Web
Services Software at IDC. "Users are proceeding with
caution, which could be good news for both users and
vendors in the long run, setting the stage for a more
sustained and rational evolutionary growth curve for this
market."
Some of the findings of a survey of more than 750 enterprises :

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