{"id":9536,"date":"2015-09-20T14:00:55","date_gmt":"2015-09-20T19:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/?p=9536"},"modified":"2015-09-21T14:49:03","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T19:49:03","slug":"web-services-101-what-are-web-services-and-how-do-they-help-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/web-services-101-what-are-web-services-and-how-do-they-help-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Services 101: What are web services, and how do they help your business?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-725\" alt=\"Education\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Education.jpg\" width=\"76\" height=\"100\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Summary: Rather than build every feature into your web applications, web services let you share functions from other applications across the web. Learn more about web services, how they can help your business, and a simple way to create web applications that include web services.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<a name=\"20150918\"><\/a><!--more--><br \/>\nDo you remember the days of monolithic applications? Every feature was built into the application itself. Not only were these applications difficult to build, they were maintenance nightmares. <\/p>\n<p>Now, we live in a \u201cservices\u201d world. Rather than build the features you need from scratch, you just \u201cborrow\u201d those features from another application using a web service. Considering all of the different types of web applications available today, web services create endless possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>What is a web service? Web Services help different applications communicate (and share data and services) with each other. They are platform and technology independent.<\/p>\n<p>What does that mean? They connect all types of applications across the web\u2014even those built with different languages. For example, a web service can let a .NET application talk to a Java application and vice versa.<\/p>\n<p>Why are they important, and how can your business use web services?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve put together a short video to help you answer those questions. It explains how web services can help your business and outlines a few ways other companies use them. You can find the video below.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to learn more about creating applications that automatically include web services, check out our <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'mPower']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/products\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\">m-Power Development Platform<\/span><\/a>, or <a onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Blog', 'Inside Link', 'contact']); \" href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc-productivity.com\/contact\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: red;font-weight: bold\"> drop us a note.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Web Services 101: What are web services, and how do they help your business?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oE1yh8hlb2g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Rather than build every feature into your web applications, web services let you share functions from other applications across the web. 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