Index_V

V

value chains, 13–17, 79, 94–107, 205–206

business, 95–97

compression, 112

IT value chain in, 97–103

manufacturing, 95–96

service, 96–97

Web services, 103–107, 118

vendors, 155, 181–201, 207

application hosting, 198–199

application server, 190–193

categories of, 181–200

cross platform support and, 182

development tool, 193–195

directory services, 195–198

emerging, 199–200

Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), 187–190

enterprise application, 185–187

market share, 184

middleware, 187–190

network management, 198–199

platform, 183–185

product breadth, 184

trust, 184

vertical market implications of Web services, 111–138

adoption and deployment in, 111–122

AMR Research in, 115

automation and productivity in, 115, 117

business models and, 115–116

cost of integration and, 113

deployment perspectives in, 117–118

dynamic data and, 117

efficiency in, 116

enhanced IT capabilities and, 113

financial services in, 132–135

Forrester Research in, 114–115

greater IT efficiency and, 113

impact of Web services and, 112

industry perspectives on, 114–117

integration structures in, 116

manufacturing and, 122–132

mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in, 136–137

organizational structure and, 118–121

patterns of adoption in, 113–117

process complexity and, 119–120

procurement processes in, 115

product/service complexity and, 119

productivity in, 116

public trade exchanges and, 137

repeatable scenarios in, 116

reuse and syndication in, 115

revenue generation and, 116

self-service benefits in, 117

Stencil Group research in, 115–117

Supply Chain Management (SCM) and, 121

supply chain visibility/management in, 115

target identification in, 114–115

value chain compression and, 112, 118

visibility of information and, 113, 115

vertical markets, 206

Viacore, 199

Virtual Private Network (VPN), 52, 73–74, 82, 144

virtual Web services, 64–65, 165

visibility of Web services, 51, 63, 113, 115, 142

Visual Basic, 175, 177

Visual IDE, 197

Visual Studio Net, 177

Vitria, 182, 189, 201

volume licensing agreements (VLAs), 105