Cisco proposes open-source alternative to Soap

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on May 28, 2008 2:26 AM EDT
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Cisco has announced an alternative to the Web-services protocol Soap--and made it open source. Cisco said its Etch messaging protocol will be more efficient than the Soap standard and the company will release the source code. A beta version of Etch will be launched this summer, as part of version 2.5 of the Cisco Unified Application Environment (CUAE). Within that environment, it will replace the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) standard, Soap, said Cisco, providing a more lightweight and faster interface, suitable for real-time interaction.

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Even just the title makes me cringe Sander_Marechal 0 647 May 28, 2008 4:00 AM

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