In some fashion, every program Sun has is about enabling the delivery of open, smart Web services, whether that be on the hardware or software side of Sun. Secondly, we will continue to be deeply involved in those standards organizations and industry initiatives that are helping to push back the technology boundaries to open, smart Web services. Back to Top 13. Actually, a major attribute of open, smart Web services is that all complexity is completely transparent to the end user. The goal of open, smart Web services is to provide a simple, convenient, enriching user experience.
Complexity is handled by the directory.
Back to Top 14. Open, smart Web services will leverage the standards work being done to implement basic Web services. This includes support for enabling technologies such as ebXML, UDDI, and SOAP, among others. Back to Top 15. Sun is a service enabler, not a service provider.