Application Services
Application Services refers to
loosely coupled, executable application components linked dynamically over the
network with open standards. Typically, Web Services solutions make use of
software components that employ one or a combination of the following XML
standards - SOAP, WSDL or UDDI.
At Cirrus Global Solutions, our
Application Services solutions solve many, often-recurring, business processes;
from delivering information between applications within disparate environments
to enabling the cost-effective reuse of existing technology assets. E-business
solutions require the ability to efficiently deliver maximum performance to a
highly variable number of users. In the world of cost reductions, building
significant excess capacity into the infrastructure is not an option; capacity
needs to continuously adjust to the volume. Minimizing the cost associated with
managing these environments is one of our top priorities. Our E-Business
solutions leverage those platforms and enable those tools that are easy to
deploy, have the ability to automatically add capacity as needed and deliver
low cost of ownership through an integrated management framework.
Application Services solutions
and E-Business solutions emerge as catalysts for Service-Oriented Architecture
(SOA), the next generation architectural model that extends the flexibility and
reach of existing IT infrastructure in enterprises. SOA brings many
organizational benefits, including:
Flexibility on account of separation of interfaces and implementations,
enhanced reuse in terms of shared services across multiple applications,
business models, geographies etc.
Preservation of investment in legacy
Control in the hands of business stakeholders instead of IT stakeholders, due
to contractual interfaces of IT implementations.
In
addition to the above, Services provides certain advantages owing to
standardization and virtualization. Key advantages include
Cost-effective integration of applications as compared to conventional EAI
solutions
Platform neutrality and agnosticism makes them the ideal choice for solutions
involving data and information aggregation from heterogeneous sources across
enterprises
Enablement of cross-enterprise business processes
Forming the
basis for futuristic enterprise IT trends like grid computing, pervasive
computing and Business Process Management (BPM).