Video Presentation, "XML: The
Calculus of the New Millennium"

http://www.ibm.com/software/events/

XML** can be used to describe not only legacy
data, but also the underlying legacy platforms,
protocols, APIs, object models, components, and
services -- the infrastructure itself. Learn how
this new world, Web Services, will change the
Internet, from a static collection of documents
that we work with, into a collection of services
that work for us. (RealPlayer** 8 required.)

Web Services Technology Forum, through 20 April

http://www7b.boulder.ibm.com/wsdd/events/webservices_forum.html

IBM's chief architect for Web Services tooling is
hosting a Web Services technology forum through 20
April. Topics include applications, business
models, components, XML, Web services crawlers,
needed Web services, and Web services tools.

Web Services Overview: The Web Services Model,
Core Technologies, and Tools and Resources

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-overview.pdf
(requires Adobe Acrobat** Reader)

A new IBM presentation introduces Web services,
discussing the Web services model; the core
technologies SOAP, UDDI, and WSDL; and tools and
technologies for developing Web services.

Energize e-business with Web Services
from the IBM WebSphere Software Platform

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ibm-lunar.html

An IBM paper describes how the WebSphere software
platform offers a Web services solution to deliver
information to customers, provide transactional
capabilities, and differentiate an e-business from
its competition by tying its business processes to
those of other e-businesses. With its support for
Web services, WebSphere becomes the ideal hosting
environment for the next phase of e-business.