Discussing the topic of Web services, a panel of executives from open-source companies expressed a degree of confusion about Web services that is not uncommon in the industry.
BEA Systems Inc. will begin offering application adapters based on JCA (J2EE Connector Architecture) to provide a standardized means to integrate otherwise disparate software.
Microsoft Corp.'s year-old XML server, BizTalk, is poised to take on the market for EAI (enterprise application integration), riding the Web services wave that has put established EAI players on notice.