Web services for your TiVo?

C|Net | at | by Mike

Web services are becoming increasingly popular for linking software programs. Now, Microsoft and some other big companies are pitching the technology as a way to manage everything from big corporate servers to mobile phones.

On Friday, Microsoft, Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, Dell and Sun Microsystems put their weight behind a Web services management specification designed to simplify network administration across a wide range of devices. The Web Services Management (WS-Management) specification is a technical blueprint that they intend to establish as an industry standard.