Make the Web work for you, with HP's open, Java, and XML-based software platform for creating and delivering Web services. Written by two HP experts, Web Services: A Java Developer's Guide Using E-Speak is one of the first books focusing on service-centric computing. It is also the first complete, authoritative guide to e-Speak technology. It covers all aspects of the service life cycle, presents extensive example code and two comprehensive case studies, and also illuminates the broader issues associated with Internet service-based economies, including a survey of competitive initiatives and technologies such as CORBA, J2EE, ebXML, UDDI, and .NET.
NARESH APTE was project manager for e-Speak-based initiatives at Hewlett Packard and has a patent pending related to the e-Speak technology. Currently, he is responsible for solutions and services based on mobile platforms at HP.
TORAL MEHTA was program manager for HP's e-Speak development team, focused on e-Speak's service registry technology. She has extensive experience in designing and managing large-scale enterprise applications to maximize scalability and availability. Currently, she is a program manager for HP's Web services platform and is active in the UDDI community.