Abstract:

Web services work great for some businesses -- providing the enterprise with easy and cost effective access to powerful IT applications without the overhead of specialized IT expertise. But the publishing of information -- be advertising, web pages, tech manuals, books, marketing collateral etc. -- presents unique challenges to efficient web services access.

In this presentation, Oliver Goldman, Senior Computer Scientist and Architect with Adobe's Server Products group, will explore the challenges to web services deployment in a publishing environment and discuss lessons learned from his own efforts in developing Adobe applications for web services. He will examine issues specific to the publishing industry, such as processing large files that contain images or full-length books, and supporting the time-consuming complex processing of thousands of images. The session provides technical insights into how IT managers can effectively deliver the convenience and full functionality of web services to the desktops of creative professionals, technical personnel and business managers who work with graphic imagery and other large files for publishing purposes.

Attendees will learn:

* Options for expediting large file exchanges in web services

* Optimizing efficiency when working in web services interfaces

* Tips on constructing web services requests that involve image processing

* Client and server sides strategies for deploying publishing applications via web services