Warning: Go slowly with Web…

Warning: Go slowly with Web services. Web services may be the next big thing, but a group of users, analysts and even Web services vendors acknowledged last week at a roundtable on the issue that significant barriers to using the technology remain. Security concerns, interoperability, data trapped in legacy systems, inadequate networks, general confusion over how to use XML, the immaturity of current Web services protocols and slashed IT budgets were all cited as hurdles to using Web services. The message from those attending the first Boston Area Web Services Roundtable here: Be careful. [XML News by CodingTheWeb.com]