Overview"Service Oriented Architecture is a hot, but
often misunderstood topic in IT today. Thomas articulately
describes the concepts, specifications, and standards behind
service orientation and Web Services. For enterprises adopting SOA,
there is detailed advice for service-oriented analysis, planning,
and design. This book is a must read!"
–Alex
Lynch, Principal Consultant, Microsoft Enterprise Services
"One primary objective of applying SOA in
design is to provide business value to the solutions we build.
Understanding the right approach to analyzing, designing, and
developing service-oriented solutions is critical. Thomas has done
a great job of demystifying SOA in practical terms with his
book."
–Rick
Weaver, IBM Senior Consulting Certified SW I/T Specialist
"A pragmatic guide to SOA principles,
strategy, and best practices that distills the hype into a general
framework for approaching SOA adoption in complex enterprise
environments."
–Sameer Tyagi, Senior Staff Engineer, Sun Microsystems
"A very timely and much needed contribution
to a rapidly emerging field. Through clarifying the principles and
nuances of this space, the author provides a comprehensive
treatment of critical key aspects of SOA from analysis and planning
to standards ranging from WS-specifications to BPEL. I'll be
recommending this book to both clients and peers who are planning
on embracing SOA principles."
–Ravi
Palepu, Senior Field Architect, Rogue Wave Software
"Finally, an SOA book based on real
implementation experience in production environments. Too many SOA
books get lost in the technical details of Web Services standards,
or simply repeat vendor hype. This book covers the really hard
parts: the complex process of planning, designing and implementing
service-oriented architectures that meet organizational goals. It
is an essential companion to any software developer, architect, or
project manager implementing–or thinking about
implementing–a service-oriented architecture."
–Priscilla Walmsley, Managing Director of Datypic
"Thomas Erl's Service-Oriented
Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design is as good an
introduction to service-oriented architectures as one could wish
for. In a single volume, it covers the entire topic, from theory to
real-world use to technical details. The examples are superb and
the writing is wonderfully clear."
–Ronald Bourret, Author, "XML and Databases"
"Finally an SOA book which gets to the point
with real world answers and examples. Erl guides you on a real
world SOA journey. From architecture design to industry standards,
this book is well written and can be easily referenced for everyday
use. When embarking on your own service orientated adventures, this
is the book you want in your bag."
–Clark Sell, Vice President, CSell Incorporated
"Organizations struggling to evolve existing
service-oriented solutions beyond simple Web Services now have an
expert resource available. Leading the way to the true
service-oriented enterprise, Thomas Erl demystifies the
complexities of the open WS-I standards with detailed practical
discussions and case studies. Erl's depth and clarity makes this
work a superb complement to his Field Guide."
–Kevin P. Davis, PhD., Software Architect
"This book is an excellent guide for
architects, developers, and managers who are already working with
or are considering developing Web Services or Service-Oriented
Architecture solutions. The book is divided into four sections. In
the first section the fundamental technologies of XML, Web Services
and Service-Oriented Architectures are described in detail with
attention given to emerging standards. The book is well written and
very thorough in its coverage of the subject. I recommend this book
highly to anyone interested in enterprise level service
architectures."
–Adam
Hocek, President and CTO, Broadstrokes, Inc.
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The foremost "how-to" guide to
SOA
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is at
the heart of a revolutionary computing platform that is being
adopted world-wide and has earned the support of every major
software provider. In Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts,
Technology, and Design, Thomas Erl presents the first
end-to-end tutorial that provides step-by-step instructions for
modeling and designing service-oriented solutions from the ground
up.
Erl uses more than 125 case study examples
and over 300 diagrams to illuminate the most important facets of
building SOA platforms: goals, obstacles, concepts, technologies,
standards, delivery strategies, and processes for analysis and
design.
His book's broad coverage includes
Detailed step-by-step processes for
service-oriented analysis and service-oriented design
An in-depth exploration of
service-orientation as a distinct design paradigm, including a
comparison to object-orientation
A comprehensive study of SOA support in .NET
and J2EE development and runtime platforms
Descriptions of over a dozen key Web
services technologies and WS-* specifications, including
explanations of how they interrelate and how they are positioned
within SOA
The use of "In Plain English" sections,
which describe complex concepts through non-technical analogies
Guidelines for service-oriented business
modeling and the creation of specialized service abstraction
layers
A study contrasting past architectures with
SOA and reviewing current industry influences
Project planning and the comparison of
different SOA delivery strategies
The goal of this book is to help you attain
a solid understanding of what constitutes contemporary SOA along
with step-by-step guidance for realizing its successful
implementation.
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