Web Services Interoperability Organization, WS-I, to Exhibit at HIMSS 2009 Conference in Chicago, April 4-8, Booth #3177

WAKEFIELD, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I; http://www.ws-i.org)
announced today that it will participate in the Healthcare Information and
Management Systems Society's (HIMSS) Healthcare IT Conference and Exhibition
(http://www.himssconference.org/). The event takes place at Chicago's McCormick
Place, April 4-8; WS-I representatives will be on hand in Booth #3177 to answer
questions about the organization and its work, and how to join WS-I.

WS-I is an open industry organization chartered to establish and document Best
Practices for Web Services interoperability. The Healthcare Information and
Management Systems Society (HIMSS; http://www.himss.org/ASP/index.asp) is an
industry membership organization focused on the optimal use of healthcare
information technology and management systems, and the April event is its annual
conference.

HIMSS attendees are encouraged to meet and talk with WS-I representatives about
how WS-I works to establish Best Practices for selected sets of Web Services
Standards. Attendees will learn how these compiled Best Practices, known as
Profiles, can assist healthcare industry participants in developing and
deploying secure and interoperable Web services across their networks and supply
chains. In addition, WS-I offers supporting Testing Tools to check that a
deployed instance of a Web service does not appear to violate the requirements
specified in a Profile. All WS-I materials are available for download at no
charge from http://www.ws-i.org/deliverables/Default.aspx.

About WS-I

The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) is an open industry
organization chartered to establish Best Practices for Web Services
interoperability, for selected groups of Web Services standards, across
platforms, operating systems and programming languages.

WS-I comprises a diverse community of Web Services leaders from a wide range of
companies and standards development organizations (SDOs). The WS-I committees
and working groups create Profiles and supporting Testing Tools based on Best
Practices for selected sets of Web Services standards. The Profiles and Testing
Tools are available for use by the Web Services community to aid in developing
and deploying interoperable Web Services. For more information, visit
http://www.ws-i.org or send email to info@ws-i.org.

Virtual, Inc.
Ruth Cassidy, +1-781-876-6239
rcassidy@virtualmgmt.com

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