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Preface
In this IBM Redbook, we use Web services to integrate the insurance processes
of two merged companies. One insurance company is using WebSphere
Application Server to host its applications, the other is using Microsoft .Net.
In this typical scenario, the IT director has decided to realize the increased
revenue opportunity brought about by the merger of the two companies by
presenting its customers and agents with a single customer view. The plan is to
reuse both companies’ existing insurance applications by converting them to
Web services and integrating them with common business processes.
Our goal is to explore the following question:
How do we use the Web service capabilities in IBM ...