Services Computing is an emerging cross discipline that addresses how to make good use of software, computing, and information technologies to help people doing business services more effectively and efficiently. It involves modeling, creation, operation, and management of business services.

I think about this term when I read IEEE Computer Magazine October 2005 issue about 2006 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing. The conference has three major research tracks: Foundations of Services Computing, Services-Centric Business Models, and Business Process Integration and Management. The conference theme is “Services, Solutions, and Business Models of Services Computing”.