Boston, MA, USA
March 20, 2007

Web Services and SOA in Insurance 2007: Realizing and Communicating the Business Value

Table of Contents

Return to report Abstract

Executive Summary 3
Introduction 4
Definitions and Usage Rates 7
Locating the Business Value 11
Measuring the Business Value 15
Communicating the Business Value 17
Web Services/SOA and The Technology Foundations of Advantage 19
Technology Issues and Vendors 21
Conclusion 25
Appendix: Web Services/SOA 101 26
Objectivity and Methodology 29
About Celent 30
 

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