• Endorsed by all major vendors (Microsoft, Oracle, IBM, and SAP), SOA has quickly become the industry standard for building next-generation software; this practical guide shows readers how to achieve the many benefits of SOA

• Begins with a look at the architectural principles needed to create successful applications and then goes on to examine the process for designing services and SOA implementations

• Each stage of the design process has an accompanying chapter that walks readers through the details and provides helpful tips, techniques, and examples

• The author team of SOA practitioners also provides two unique, comprehensive, end-to-end case studies illustrating the architectural and design techniques presented in the book

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 9 Ratings

Outstanding - worth the read. - 2008-09-10
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I have not seen a SOA book that is as practical as this one. Most of the people I work with understand why SOA is important, and we all get the vision by now. Many of the other popular SOA books ONLY focus on the vision and "what is SOA?" but not much else.

This book is different. It provides details. It focuses on architecture, design, and provides in-depth guidance for a wide variety of problem areas that we all encounter when we build SOA implementations. The book is a long one, but it is worth the read.

Clear, concise starting with the business - 2008-09-15
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This book clearly explains the concepts and principles of SOA and makes the vital link to Enterprise Architecture. I would highly recommend this book to start with. If you then need more detail on for instance SOA Design Principles or SOA Design Patterns read Thomas Erl's series.

Too much theory than practical ! - 2009-09-22
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Too much verbose, disconnected concepts and the writing style is hard to follow - like too many cooks spoil the broth. The book did well to introduce the basics of SOA but failed to connect the dots in terms of practical approaches with patterns and best practices. The content in Part 2 of this book sound a vendor specific material and couple of chapters are just showing less short than a hello world case study.

Must for SOA practitioners.... - 2009-01-12
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If there is one book to be recommended for SOA practitioners (or those who wish to begin SOA), this would be it. The author does a great job of introducing the concepts and provides detailed analysis of each concept. Serious about SOA? This is *the* reference.

OK Work short on real detail - 2009-01-16
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The book is great for novices, especially when it comes to handling enterprise integration. Most of the information is just ho-hum.

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