Ubiquitous information systems (UBIS) adapt current Information System thinking to explicitly differentiate technology between hardware devices and software components in relation to people and process. A dynamic mix of users, mobile devices and software services requires research into new approaches to service discovery (including that within a business domain). Central registries of services ...

In computational grid computing, grid nodes spanning over several diverse computing resources belonging to heterogeneous administrative domains form the backbone of Virtual Enterprise [VE]. In order to offer service-on-demand, various service providers, requesters, brokers and administrators collaborate in request-response manner among each other in Service Oriented Virtual Enterprise through s...

With recent advances in services computing technologies and infrastructure, there are increasing demands for ubiquitous access to networked services for supporting enterprise business processes more efficiently and effectively. These services, generally known as enterprise services, extend support from Web browsers and application interfaces on personal computers to handheld devices, such as ce...

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) establishes an architectural model that aims to enhance the efficiency, agility, and productivity of an enterprise by positioning services as the primary means through which solution logic is represented in support of the realization of strategic goals associated with service-oriented computing. Web services seem to become the preferred implementation technol...

Service oriented software architectures that are aware of business processes will form the core of operational IT landscapes in the future. This contribution starts with an introduction of the state of the art in service oriented architectures. A concrete case study identifies central requirements that are not satisfied by these architectures so far. The authors argue that semantically rich des...

The complexities and costs of current information architectures, infrastructures, and distributed data and software have provided impetus to emerging conceptualizations of the Service Oriented Enterprise (SOE). The foundations for SOE can be found in current applications of service oriented architecture (SOA), service oriented infrastructure (SOI), business process and workflow, computing resou...

Enterprise systems and architectures are a field of significant research, especially in regard to service-oriented architectures and web services. Web services propose great benefits and are often suggested as the new paradigm for building distributed applications and systems, but they are becoming more and more complex and consequently less understandable for humans. The web development commun...