Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a promising technology strategy supported by major vendors such as Microsoft, IBM, SAP and Oracle. The foundation of SOA is built upon a collection of applications that can run on any platform and they offer the various services users need, while requiring minimal development. By leveraging existing services by reusing the code, the services can be built not only cheaper, but faster. According to Gartner, this year, 80% of new development will be based on SOA, and SOA will increase code reuse by more than 100%. There are already many tools that make it incredibly easy to build services, especially poorly designed ones. The challenge to getting SOA to deliver on its promised value is not the construction of single services, but the construction of systems of services. This requires both architecture and design, and the architects and designers who understand the issues and techniques for creating them. Developers, software architects, and designers can now turn to APPLIED SOA: SERVICE-ORIENTED ARTCHITECTURE AND DESIGN STRATEGIES (Wiley Publishing; June 2008; $44.99) to demystify this complex topic and address these underserved but critical areas of the SOA landscape.
This book offers the reader a practical guide for applying design strategies to service-oriented applications. Written by a team of well-respected authors, coverage begins with a discussion of the expected benefits of SOA and the architectural principles needed to create successful applications. Then, APPLIED SOA provides an overview of the process for designing services and service-oriented applications. Each major step of the process is followed with a chapter that describes the detailed process and principles for that step, with handy tips and techniques for applying them. Throughout the book, the process is demonstrated with extensive examples, and finally, the book concludes with two different, complete, end-to-end case studies. The authors explain:
* What a good service looks like
* How to design one a service
* How to compose applications from services
* How to get different services to work together when they come from different sources
The first and maybe greatest challenge of SOA is to build a good service, based on solid design principles. The services must also fit into an overall architecture that supports larger business processes. APPLIED SOA delivers the detailed level of design advice and best practices software architects, analysts, and designers need to deploy SOA in their organization.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Michael Rosen is chief scientist for Wilton Consulting Group, editorial director of the SOA Institute, Director of Architecture for Cutter Consortium, and a respected industry spokesperson.
Boris Lublinsky is lead architect at Navteq, where he is responsible for SOA and BPM implementations.
Kevin T. Smith is a technical director at McDonald Bradley, Inc., where he builds highly secure and data-driven SOA solutions for the U.S. government.
Marc J. Balcer founded ModelCompilers.com, a provider of tools and services for model-based development.
About Wiley:
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Applied SOA By Michael Rosen, Boris Lublinsky, Kevin T. Smith, Marc J. Balcer Wiley; June, 2008; $44.99 978-0-470-22365-9; Paperback  |
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