Web services Gartner Research Figure 1. Hype Cycle for Application Integration and Platform Middleware, 2005 visibility Enterprise ervice Bus O Open Source J2EE BAMReal-Time Blo Web services Management Pluggable Microkernel Platforms Packaged Integration Competency Centers O Advanced Web service Integration Alternative Open-source Suites Application Platforms- J2EE O SOA Mobile Midd eware o Presentation Integration Integration Distributed Cache Repositories and Application Programmatic Integration Platform Servers Systems Business Event Suites Business Process Service Microsoft NET Managemen Providers Application Platform Vocabulary-Based Transformation Basic Web services O Web services Invocation Framework P Message-Based Application Platforms Gnid-Based Application Servers As of July 2005 Technology Peak of Inflated Trough of Trigger Disillusionment Slope of Enlightenment Plateau of Expectations Productivity maturity Plateau will be reached in obsolete o less than 2 years o 2 to 5 years o 5 to 10 years A more than 10 years 8 before plateauWeb Services Gartner Research