Over the course of the past 15 years there has been an increasing trend towards the provision of service based functionality by Information Systems (IS). This has been due to a number of driving forces, however the ma...Over the course of the past 15 years there has been an increasing trend towards the provision of service based functionality by Information Systems (IS). This has been due to a number of driving forces, however the main impetus of this tendency has been the development and implementation of Web Services technology. Web Services offer a solution to deliver a dynamic, task-driven computing environment and shared business processes, while also reducing costs. Web Services have overturned many traditional assumptions about Information Systems. They have enabled innovation and afforded a degree of flexibility not available previously from an Information System. This paper will give a brief overview of Web Services and corresponding technologies. It will then examine the required skills of graduates and identify the roles where these proficiencies will be required. Finally, it will propose that the flexibility afforded by the use of Web Services must be emulated in the teaching of Web Services.展开更多
文摘Over the course of the past 15 years there has been an increasing trend towards the provision of service based functionality by Information Systems (IS). This has been due to a number of driving forces, however the main impetus of this tendency has been the development and implementation of Web Services technology. Web Services offer a solution to deliver a dynamic, task-driven computing environment and shared business processes, while also reducing costs. Web Services have overturned many traditional assumptions about Information Systems. They have enabled innovation and afforded a degree of flexibility not available previously from an Information System. This paper will give a brief overview of Web Services and corresponding technologies. It will then examine the required skills of graduates and identify the roles where these proficiencies will be required. Finally, it will propose that the flexibility afforded by the use of Web Services must be emulated in the teaching of Web Services.
