This week I read in the Gallagher book about web services. These services started out as a novelty but really started catching on when larger companies were investing into the technology. It basically uses various machines to access a remote server to do a variety of different tasks. In modern applications, customers can go online to purchase items, the customer will see a very simplistic version of what is actually going on (for good reason) but when they decide on something and place the order, the customer is sending a request to the remote server to place an order. It can use the logic that a cash register would use to communicate that information to the accountants at that company as well as the credit card company the money is coming from. Compared to older times, less human interaction in these financial and logistical affairs leads to less errors, less required labor, and more cost savings for the company. It also give the company multiple ways to access their target consumers.
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