With the introduction of Web services as an open standards integration technology for Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and Business to Business (B2B) Integration, you can do many things to promote operational efficiencies and thus ensure the successful architecture and deployment of a solution. Continuing from the previous article on Web services-related performance issues, this article will explain other secondary issues that affect Web services performance based on real-world experiences and provide suggestions for how best to architect, develop, and deploy Web services-based solutions.