Services

A web Service is a software module that is intended to carry out a specific set of functions.Web services in cloud computing can be found and invoked over the network. The internet is the worldwide connectivity of hundreds of thousands of computers of various types that belong to multiple networks. On the world wide web,a web service is a standardized method of propagating messages between client and server applications.

A web service is a set of open protocals and standards that allows data to be exchanged between different applications or systems.Web services can be used by software programswritten in a variety of programming languages and running on a variety of platforms to exchange data via computer networks such as the internet in a similar way to inter-process communication on a single computer. Any software application or cloud technology that uses standarlized web protocols (HTTP or HTTPS) to connect,interoperate and exchange data messages-commonly XML(Extensible Markup Language) across the internet is considered a web service.

Functions Of Web Services:

• Accessible via the internet or intranet networks
• Standardized XML messaging protocols
• Independent of OS or programming language
• Self-describing using XML standards
• Simple location-based discovery

Components Of Web Services:
XML and HTTP are the most fundamental web services platform.

• SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol): A messaging protocol built on XML.
It is a transport-independent messaging protocol. SOAP is built on sending XML data in the form of SOAP messages.A document known as XML document is attached to each message. Only the structure of XML document,not the content,follows the pattern.The best thing about the web services and SOAP in that everything is sent through HTTP,the standard web protocol.
• UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery & Integration): A registry for hosting service descriptions.
UDDI is a standard for specifying,publishing and discovering a service providers online services.It provides a specification that used in the hosting of data via web services. UDDI provides a respiratory where WSDL files can be hosted so that a client application can discover a WSDL file to learn about the various that a web service offers. As a result,the client application will have full access to the UDDI,which serves as a database for all WDSL files.

Online Advertising: Includes business listing, small advertisements, photos, videos, contact details, and web promotions.

Domain Related Services: Web design, development, hosting, maintenance, and technical support.

Product Marketing: Online product display, marketing, sales, and services.

Website Design & Development Benefits:

• Online presence 24/7
• Information exchange
• Credibility
• Cost efficiency
• Market expansion
• Consumer insights
• Advertising
• Competitive advantage

Business Management Types:

• Finance Management
• HR Management
• Operations Management

Meaning of Small Business:

• Small-scale business aimed at personal objectives
• Focus on survival and sustainability
• Personalized operations