Web Services: Biologically Inspired Substrate

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• Web Services Biologically Inspired Substrate

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A Perspective on Computer Evolution

• Three powerful forces are combining to change the
  landscape of computing
• Ubiquitous Network Connectivity
• Wired and wireless everywhere!
• Mass Adoption of Communication Standards
• TCP/IP, HTTP, HTML, XML, SOAP, UDDI
• Convergence of Operating Systems
• Differentiation by Reliability, Stability,
  Scalability

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Evolution and Development of Operating Systems

• Operating Systems provide a powerful abstraction
  above processors and hardware
• Substrate A foundation, a material on which
  another material is fabricated
• Operating systems are a substrate for
  applications
• A massive consolidation of operating systems has
  occurred
• There are a few dominant winners
• UNIX and UNIX licensees
• Windows (various flavors)
• MacOS, Linux
• Novell
• What is next for the operating system?

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Evolution and Development of Operating Systems

• Operating System are becoming homogeneous
• Imitation of features
• Bundling of similar services
• Languages are increasingly cross-platform
• Java, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
• JavaScript, C, Basic, Cobol
• Higher-level abstractions have emerged
• Virtual Machines, Application Servers
• Further supports cross-platform development
• Allows for the creation of a new substrate
• Above the operating system

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SCOx Application Substrate

• A Foundation on Which Next-Generation Business
  Solutions are Built!
• Provides the same abstraction for operating
  systems, that operating systems provide for
  processors and hardware!

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SCOx Application Substrate

• Embraces Web services standards
• Provides manual and automated tools
• Transform existing applications and data to Web
  services
• Deploy legacy code modules as Web services
• Create platform-independent user interfaces for
  Web services
• Eases assembly of applications
• Drag-and-drop tools are coming
• Enables common business workers to become
  developers of powerful business solutions

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SCOx Application Substrate Architecture
3rd Party Web Services
Hosted Web Services
Visualization and User Interface
Substrate Services Proxy, Security, Deployment
Operating System Abstraction Layer
Operating Systems
UNIX
Windows
MacOS

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SCOx Application Substrate Flow
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Presenters Bruce K. Grant, Jr. Senior Director
SCOx Engineering (O) 801.932.5608 (M)
801.369.9109 Kevin Auger Senior Director SCO
Global Services (O) 801.932.5647 (M) 801.368.2657