Web Services

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* 1. This survey was recently discussed in Network World Fusion email newsletters on WANs and Convergence. Since a specific definition of "Web Services" was used in these newsletters, your having already read one (or both) of these newsletters could have a slight impact on a couple of your answers. Have you read one (or both) of these newsletters that specifically focused on WAN Services?

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* 2. When you hear the term "web services," which of the following come to mind? Please choose all that apply.

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* 3. Within some communities, the term "web services" refers to standardized way of integrating
applications using open standards (like the XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI) over an Internet protocol backbone.

These "web services" do not provide the user with an interface - like a browser-based web page. Rather, they provide an application-to-application interface for programs. You could think of this as having "subroutines" or "objects" for a program available across the IP network - either internally or externally - for highly distributed computing.

To what extent are you familiar with this definition?

  1 - Never heard of it 2 3 4 - Somewhat familiar 5 6 7 - Exactly what I thought of
Familiarity
For the remainder of this survey, please answer the questions below using the definition of "web services" as specified in question 2, even if this is not your traditional view of "web services."

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* 4. Has your company made any deployment of web services?

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* 5. If your company has made some deployment of web services, which of the following best describes what your company accomplished? (Please check all that apply.)

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* 6. How much change is your company making to key business processes?

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None 		2 3 4
Moderate amount 		5 6 7
Very significant amount 		N/A or Don't know
Change

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* 7. How committed is your company to leveraging technology to enhance key business processes?

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No commitment 		2 3 4
Moderate commitment 		5 6 7
Total commitment 		N/A or Don't know
Commitment level

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* 8. Which of the following best describes how your company got started with deploying web services:

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* 9. How would you rate your company relative to how rapidly it adopts new technology?

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* 10. Within your company, to what extent is the networking organization integrated with the organization responsible for applications development?

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* 11. As you deploy web services, to what extent will the responsibility for this deployment be with the networking organization as opposed to the application development organization?

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* 12. Which of the following best describes how your job responsibilities are split between networking and application development?

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* 13. Within your company, which organization do you work for?

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* 14. Please indicate your geographical location:

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* 15. What are the approximate annual revenues of your company?

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* 16. Would you be willing to be interviewed on this topic? If so, please enter your email address below so we may contact you. Your email address will be used for this purpose ONLY.

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