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