Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies

by Judith Hurwitz, Carol Baroudi, Robin Bloor

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

Genres: Technology, Software, Reference

384 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2006

Reviews

[Michael Picot · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was just okay. It wasn't exactly what I was hoping for. It was more like a sales pitch for implementing SOA at your company. It explained SOA some, but I was looking for a little more detail. I don't regret reading it though. I did learn some stuff.

[Prit · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book explains basic SOA concepts but it is not a book that can get you started building services, SOA infrastructure and middleware. It is a good book to brush up concepts.

[Almothana Alghunaim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice overview on SOA. A non-technical book helped on understanding SOA big picture. Good for a start, but not very helpful on technical details level.

[Michael Thorn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Yawn.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

SOA explained for 'regular' business folks. The authors did a wonderful job of keeping the explanations relevant to the non-IT professionals.