eCommerce platform provider Infopia have announced an expansion of Web Services available for their new Infopia Transact solution.

The expansion allows Infopia customers to customize and streamline their business processes, while leveraging the new platform. Examples of use include handling phone orders through Transact, and providing faster search capabilities when accessing inventory, order and customer data.

Web Services are an industry standard way of connecting different computer systems. They use web protocols for communication, XML to exchange data, and SOAP to package requests in a standard format. The standard is used by Internet heavyweights such as eBay, Amazon, and Google to provide access to their systems through a documented interface (API).