BCS OOPS is holding a series of six evening session on Web Services at IBM South Bank, London, January through March 2003. The series will include expert speakers from IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and Sun. The series will cover a wide variety of perspectives including the basic underlying technology (XML/SOAP), tools, frameworks, corporate strategies and offerings, and experience reports. * Computerwire Web Services 2002 Market Review - http://london.computerwire.co.uk/breaking-public/view_story.php?id=4312 * Patricia Seybold's Executive Guide to Web Services - http://www.psgroup.com/vm/ws/ * Ovum Update #11 - http://www.ovum.com/ * Gartner various articles - http://www.gartner.com/ The series would suit a technical audience, or those needing to extend their teaching in these areas: web services (obviously), software architectures, project management, software development. In addition to presentations, it is envisaged that there will be plenty of demonstrations of various technologies and tools. Aspects covered in the series include: * XML * SOAP * WSDL * UDDI * Apache AXIS * Microsoft .NET platform * IBM WebSphere support * Oracle 9i AS capabilities * Sun Java platform support Registration + more details on the series may be found on http://www.bcs-oops.org.uk/ .