1. Caching your web services. If the data of web services does not change frequently, properly caching could boost the performance. WebSphere Process Server provides the caching capability through a service called dynamic cache. You can manage your web services caching behavior by the cache configuration file. Learn more from this URL: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/webservices/library/ws-caching/index.html?ca=drs-
2. Don’t do fine-grained RPC, e.g. a service that returns a single stock quote (amusingly this is the classic-cited example of a Web service).
3. Better, faster hardware.
Overview: caching, coarse-grained interface, faster hardware.