Solution for Web Services

The best solution for all involved is through the use of HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol).  All Web browsers use HTTP and the data can be accessed on all machines.  The information should be encoded using XML (Extended Markup Language) from one user to the next.

Microsoft utilized these lowest common denominators to develop Web Services.  In order to create a Web Service, there is no need to learn a new programming language.  If the programmer simply writes a .NET object as if it were being accessed locally and marked it with a tag for viewing on the web, ASP.NET does the rest.  The .NET Framework provides the infrastructure for developing the communication through HTTP and XML to the user.