"The ultimate promise of Web services--delivering software as a service--is at least a decade away from being fulfilled, according to a report from IDC. In the report, released Thursday, the market researcher said that Web services are proving their worth as corporations adopt the concept and plug disparate systems together, but that the changeover still has years to go to reach its high-water mark. IDC's report echoes what chief information officers have been saying for months: CIOs are hedging their bets amid multiple standards and looking for more agreement on key issues such as security--the underpinning of Web services," says Larry Dignon in this CNet News.com article:
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