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- Integrating data stores
- Creating composite data views
- Hosting data in disparate sources such as WS-* style Web services or REST-style Web resources.
Data Services provide a convenient mechanism to configure a Web service interface for data in various data sources such as relational databases, CSV files, Microsoft Excel sheets, Google spread sheets etc. These data services provide unprecedented data access and straightforward integration with business processes, mashups, gadgets, business intelligence and mobile applications. You can expose and access data in a secured (using WS-Security) and reliable (using WS-ReliableMessaging) manner, and is also available for mash-ups with other Web services.
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