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Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): Concepts, Technology, and Design

December 5, 2007 on 8:39 pm | In 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.

About the Web Sites

Erl’s Service-Oriented Architecture books are supported by two Web sites. http://www.soabooks.com provides a variety of content resources and http://www.soaspecs.com supplies a descriptive portal to referenced specifications.

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About the Author

Thomas Erl is the world’s top-selling SOA author and the Series Editor of the Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl http://www.soabooks.com/ His first two books, Service-Oriented Architecture: A Field Guide to Integrating XML and Web Services and Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design have become international bestsellers and have been formally endorsed by senior members of major software organizations, such as IBM, Sun, and Microsoft. Thomas is also the founder of SOA Systems Inc. http://www.soasystems.com a company specializing in SOA training and strategic consulting services with a vendor-agnostic focus. Through his work with standards organizations and independent research efforts, Thomas has made significant contributions to the SOA industry, most notably in the areas of service-orientation and SOA methodology. Thomas has had numerous articles and papers published on Web sites and in industry trade magazines, and is a speaker and instructor for private and public events.