Screaming Penguin - Source Does Matter

Really nice "lay of the land" type article on developerWorks concerning Java and Web Services.

The year ahead in Java Web services

This is the first in a planned series of articles on the topic. This one is an overview of the current state of affairs and an outlook of what to expect in 2006 (Axis 2, JAX-WS, others). The article also touches on the Microsoft WCF framework and the status of interoperability from a Java viewpoint.