The document describes the evolution of the internet and service-oriented architecture (SOA) platforms from 1991 to 2008. In the early 1990s, the internet was just emerging and few people had heard of it. By the mid-1990s, internet usage grew significantly as web browsers and online services expanded. IBM worked with partners and customers during this time to develop SOA runtime platforms that transformed businesses and became the platform of choice.

1. The inside story of how IBM, business partners, and customers came together
To transform business and create the SOA runtime platform of choice
© 2008 IBM Corporation

2. 1990:
most people
had never heard of the Internet…
… but that was about to quickly change
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