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Gurug , Anura
Web services / Anura Gurug .
p. cm.

1. Web services. I. Title.

TK5105.88813.G87 2003
005.7 2--dc22 2003062588

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Dedication

To Deanna, with love.

About the Author

Anura Gurug is an independent technical consultant who specializes in all aspects of contemporary networking, corporate portals, and Web services, particularly if they involve IBM host systems. He has first-hand, in-depth experience in Web-to-host,...