Understanding Enterprise SOA (Paperback)

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Product Description

Understanding Enterprise SOA gives technologists and business people an invaluable and until now missing integrated picture of the issues and their interdependencies. You will learn how to think in a big way, moving confidently between technology- and business-level concerns. Written in a comfortable, mentoring style by two industry insiders, the book draws conclusions from actual experiences of real companies in diverse industries, from manufacturing to genome research. It cuts through vendor hype and shows you what it really takes to get SOA to work.

Intended for both business people and technologists, the book reviews core SOA technologies and uncovers the critical human factors involved in deploying them. You will see how enterprise SOA changes the terrain of EAI, B2B commerce, business process management, "real time" operations, and enterprise software development in general.

What's Inside

• How SOA streamlines portal development and EAI
• Rapid integration with partners
• Effective BPM and real time management
• How to design, develop, run, and secure an SOA
• Real-world SOA deployment scenarios

About the Author

Eric Pulier, President & CEO of SOA Software, is a widely recognized figure in the world of information technology. Named one of 30 e-Visionaries by VAR Business, Pulier is a featured speaker at industry conferences and events. He is currently a member of the IBM's UDDI Advisory Community. Pulier leads SOA Software, working with such clients as Toyota, US Steel, Hewlett Packard, and Charles Schwab. On the national stage, Pulier served as creator of the technology Exhibition at the 1996 Presidential inauguration and was an advisor to Vice President Al Gore on healthcare and technology.

Hugh Taylor, Vice President of Marketing at SOA Software, is the author of numerous white papers and articles on Service-Oriented Architecture, as well as the book, The Hollywood Job Hunter's Survival Guide. He earned a BA, Magna Cum Laude, and an MBA from Harvard University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Manning Publications; illustrated edition edition (November 10, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932394591
• ISBN-13: 978-1932394597
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #497,507 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I have read 4 books on this subject and this is by far the best, May 9, 2006

By	Carl Graff - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the first time I have created a review but I felt compelled to offset the 1 person out of 12 who gave this book a bad rating. I can't imagine a better more concise inrtroduction to this subject. I can't understand what would motivate somone to give this book a bad review. The title of the book is UNDERSTANDING Enterprise SOA not EXPERT'S guide to Enterprise SOA and it is so well written with such great diagrams that even a non-IT person could understand the material. The examples ARE real and in fact almost EXACTLY mirror the environment of my current company - in fact it will serve as a valuable road map going forward.

If you want to understand this stuff and not get lost in all the vendor self serving hype GET THIS BOOK PERIOD!

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Introduction on SOA Networks, February 28, 2006

By	Gary E. Smith - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have bought every book on SOA available. The best book I have found is Thomas Erl's Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology and Design. However this book provides a good hands on with examples. I especially liked the section on SOA Networking and SOA Networks.

Gary E Smith
SOA Networks

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Understanding Enterprise SOA, January 15, 2006

By	Ammar "Ammar" - See all my reviews

Understanding Enterprise SOA is a book of choice; it uncovers the reality fact that SOA is the emergent wave of current technology. Through real case studies from the industry, the book holds a simple way of presenting the core of the enterprise SOA trend to the business people and the IT professionals, showing how much changes will be there crossing the fields of B2B, Business process management, real-time operations, and enterprise software development in general. The book goes on two tracks to achieve its goal of realizing enterprise SOA; Technology and People. Chapter 4 introduces the concept of SOA in an easy way, on the other track (part 2) chapter 14 introduce a (Four P's), which is a suggested process of a four stages for the best practices in enterprise SOA. This book has really put some focused lights across the SOA area.