In this point/counterpoint, Microsoft's Steven Martin, senior director of product management in the Connected Systems Division...tells us why UDDI rocks. "Six years ago, SOAP was something you washed your hands with, and cross-vendor system interoperability was a major obstacle facing CIOs and architects. Today, Web services technologies are ubiquitous. Every CIO worth his or her salt has a strategy for where Web services fits into the portfolio of IT investments.