Professional Asp.net Web Services

.NET is Microsoft's platform for Web Services. 'Web Services' describes a new model for business on the Web. Until now, the web has provided for the browsing of linked documents, downloading of files, and manually-initiated transactions, all via a browser. Web Services will allow transactions to be initiated automatically, and therefore speed up e-commerce response times. Web Services can be thought of as the Yellow Pages and the White Pages of the Internet, providing an online business directory - a major step towards fully automated Business-to-Business (B2B) transactions.-- Capitalizes on the growing market for information on Web Services-- Platform-specific, providing the information that .NET developers need-- 'Language-agnostic', using samples of C# and VB.NETMatthew Reynolds is the author of 'Professional Asp.net Web Services' with ISBN 9781861005458 and ISBN 1861005458.