Businesses Integration with Workflow and Web Service Technologies

• Main Author: Gianina RIZESCU
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dunarea de Jos University of Galati 2008-01-01
• Series: Annals of Dunarea de Jos University. Fascicle I : Economics and Applied Informatics
• Subjects: Workflow; Web Service; Integration; Windows Workflow Foundation (WF); Service Orientated Architecture (SOA)
• Online Access: http://www.ann.ugal.ro/eco/Doc%202008/Gianina%20Rizescu.pdf

If businesses want to benefit from the power of the Internet, web siteshave to evolve. It is often no longer beneficial for them to only provide staticinformation. It is necessary for these web sites to find ways that allow them tointeract with other websites, operating systems, and applications. With Webservices it is finally possible to create functions that can easily be accessed over theInternet by both internal and external parties. In other words, with Web services it ispossible to integrate different value chains from different organizations with ease.On the other hand, workflows provide tools and mechanisms for managing theinteraction between people, systems, applications and business functions. Thecombination of these two technologies offers a very powerful solution forbusinesses integration.