Example of an Inter-organizational SOA at work Dollar Rent A Car’s Systems use Web services to link its online Booking Systems with Southwest Airline’s Web site. Although both companies Systems are based on different technology platforms, a person booking a flight on Southwest.com can reserve a car from Dollar without leaving the Airline’s Web site. Dollar used Microsoft.Net Web Services technology as an intermediary to translate reservations into Web services Protocols, which are then translated into formats that can be understood by Dollar’s computers. Web Services provide Standard way for Dollar’s Computer to ‘’talk’’ other companies Information Systems without having to build special links to each other.