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Is the price right?

As demands for a higher quality of service QoS perpetually rise, service providers -- the organizations "exposing" Web services for active use -- will need to determine how to price for their offerings. While there are some companies now like Amazon that make Web services available at no charge, it's...

Tags: Web service, Web

Blog posts 2005-01-05

No guarantees

Given the growing concerns about a new XML performance crisis that Joe discusses in a prior post, it's worth noting that some of the most impressive new entrants in the Web services field such as Amazon and eBay are playing without service guarantees. In a recent piece at Loosely Coupled,...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc.

Blog posts 2004-12-01

The Amazone

Amazon is certainly one of the key players to watch in the emerging field of Web services. Ithas rolled out a powerful platform thatextends the value of its brand, while driving revenue through acommission-based model. Sure beats TV advertising in the Post-Tivo era.While Starbucks is now extending its brand by...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc.

Blog posts 2004-11-29

Underhyping the Web

Famed venture capitalist John Doerr, who was once elevated tothe "Reckless Optimist's Hall of Fame" by the Silicon Valley based Churchill Club, has some new predictions to make. He believes that the potential of the Internet has been "underhyped." As a panelist at the Club's annual prognostication fest, Doerr argued...

Tags: Web, Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Inc., Bezos

Blog posts 2004-11-15