Question : Web Service or WCF?  Current system uses thumb drives.

I’ve been out of the programming loop for a while now and would like your opinion.
Overview:
Each client has the same database structure, same tables and same columns.  The contents of each client’s database are different but the structure is identical.  The server is a supper client it contains a copy of each clients data submitted data.  If a client wants to send a report to another client, they always send it to the server and the other client pulls it down.  It is client -> server -> client, no pier to pier relationships.

Current Process:
A report is currently serialized into XML and can be sent to a server/ client by thumb drive and uploaded into the respective SQL database.

Net Work:
One last item of information, each machine is physically on a LAN or high speed network such as Verizon.

Furture:
The thumb drive process is reliable but not optimal and would like a more sophisticated communication scheme.  My first thought was, Web Service, but I have been out of the game for a while.  I have read about WCF, but just do not seem to get the reason for or against using it.

Your opinion is valuable, thank you.

 

Answer : Web Service or WCF?  Current system uses thumb drives.

your job can be done by either web service or WCF.
and actually wcf is a great extension of web service in .net 3 and higher
I recommend WCF because it has these advantages over web service:
http://www.techbubbles.com/wcf/wcf-vs-aspnet-web-services/
http://geekswithblogs.net/khanna/archive/2006/01/06/65067.aspx