Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies^?

by Judith Hurwitz; Robin Bloor; Carol Baroudi (Arlignton, MA, Author ); Marcia Kaufman

• ISBN13: 9780470116784
• ISBN10: 0470116781
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2007-02-01
• Publisher: For Dummies
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Summary

SOA is the most important initiative facing IT today and is difficult to grasp; this book demystifies the complex topic of SOA and makes it accessible to all those people who hear the term but aren't really sure what it means This team of well-respected authors explains that SOA is a collection of applications that enables resources to be available to other participants in a network using any service-based technology Examines how SOA enables faster and cheaper application development and how it offers reusable code that can be used across various applications Covers what SOA is, why it matters, how it can impact businesses, and how to take steps to implement SOA in a corporate environment

Table of Contents

Introduction

Introducing SOA

SOA What?

Noah's Architecture

Not So Simple SOA

SOA Sophistication

Playing Fast and Loose: Coupling and Federation

Nitty-Gritty SOA

Xplicating XML

Sealing with Adapters

The Registry and the Broker

The Enterprise Service Bus

The SOA Supervisor

SOA Sustenance

SOA Governance

SOA Security

Where's the Data?

SOA Software Development

The Repository and the Registry

Getting Started with SOA

Do You Need a SOA? A Self-Test

Making Sure SOA Happens

SOA Quick Start: Entry Points for Starting the SOA Journey

Real Life with SOA

Big Blue SOA

SOA According to Hewlett-Packard

SOA According to BEA

Progress with SOA

The Oracle at SOA

Microsoft and SOA

SAP SOA

(J)Bossing SOA

The Part of Tens

Ten Swell SOA Resources

And That's Not All! Even More SOA Vendors

Ten SOA No-Nos

Glossary

Index

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