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Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies 1st Edition

by Judith Hurwitz (Author), Robin Bloor (Author), Carol Baroudi (Author),
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  • 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
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    978-0470054352
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    For Dummies
  5. Publication date
    November 6, 2006
  6. Language
    English
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Get up to speed on what SOA is and how to use it

Make your business more adaptable and responsive to change

Today's businesses seem to change at the speed of light, and software support structures simply have to keep up. And that's exactly what SOA is all about! Here's the scoop on creating applications and services that can be organized for reuse, easily maintained and supported, designed to produce consistent results, and shared across an enterprise.

Discover how to

  • Respond more quickly to market changes
  • Allow your IT staff to be more flexible
  • Improve business agility
  • Navigate ins and outs of SOA architecture
  • Enable interaction with new business partners

About the Author

Judith Hurwitz has been a leader in the technology research and strategy consulting fields for more than 20 years. In 1992, she founded the industryleading research and consulting organization, Hurwitz Group. Currently, she is the President of Hurwitz & Associates, a research and consulting firm with a portfolio of service offerings focused on identifying customer benefit and best practices for buyers and sellers of information technology in the United States and Europe.
Judith has held senior positions at John Hancock and Apollo Computer and is a frequent keynote speaker at industry events. She earned BS and MS degrees from Boston University and was honored by Boston University’s College of Arts & Sciences, when it named her a distinguished alumnus in 2005. She is also a recipient of the 2005 Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council award.

Robin Bloor was born in Liverpool, England, in the 1950s, a little too late to become a member of The Beatles and, in any event, completely bereft of musical talent. In his late teens he went to Nottingham University, where he acquired a degree in mathematics, a love for computers, and a number of severe hangovers.
After toiling in the English IT trenches for a number of years, Robin, following in the steps of the Pilgrim Fathers, emigrated to the United States, eventually settling in Texas. In 2003, for reasons beyond his comprehension, he was awarded an honorary PhD in Computer Science by Wolverhampton University in the United Kingdom, in recognition of “Services to the IT Industry.” In 2004, he became a partner in the noted IT analyst company, Hurwitz & Associates.

Carol Baroudi makes technical concepts understandable to ordinary human beings. She’s the primary instigator and eager co-conspirator with Judith, Robin, and Marcia on their first For Dummies venture. Clocking more than 30 years in the computer industry, she’s been writing For Dummies books since 1993. (You might be familiar with The Internet For Dummies in one of its ten editions.) In 1999, she became a software industry analyst under the tutelage of Judith Hurwitz.

Marcia Kaufman is a founding partner of Hurwitz & Associates. With 20 years of experience in business strategy, industry research, and analytics, her primary research focus is on the business and technology benefit of emerging technologies. Understanding the world of business data has been one of her top priorities for many years, and today that includes data quality, business analytics, and information management.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ For Dummies; 1st edition (November 6, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0470054352
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0470054352
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.4 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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  1. Robin Bloor

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    Robin Bloor was born in Liverpool, England in the 1950s, studied Mathematics at Nottingham University and eventually became a computer consultant. Aside from his consultancy work he has established a reputation as an International Speaker on technology topics and he has established a reputation as a writer by virtue of many Magazine articles and technical publications.

    In April 1999 he published his first book, The Electronic B@zaar, which was about the dot com revolution. Much to his surprise it was a UK business best seller and was published a year later in the US, just as the dot com boom turned to bust. It received several accolades, being referred to as "a classic" by Publisher's Weekly in the US, but the market for such books had tanked.

    In recent years he has turned his attention to writing about The Gurdjieff Work. He has been involved in The Gurdjieff work since 1982 and is widely regarded as an expert on Gurdjieff's writings. His series of books under the common title of "To Fathom The Gist" deal directly with the inner meaning of Gurdjieff's writings. They are gradually being rolled out year by year. Robin is also an attendee and participant in the All&Everything international conference which takes place every year and focuses on Gurdjieff's writings.

    Robin emigrated to the US in 2002, settling in Texas. In 2003, for reasons beyond his comprehension, he was awarded an honorary Ph D in Computer Science, by Wolverhampton University in the UK in recognition of 'Services to the IT Industry'. from 2004 to 2007 he participated in writing three Dummies books on technology: Service Oriented Architecture for Dummies, Service Management for Dummies and Cloud Computing for Dummies

    In 2009, he turned a hobby into a publishing activity, and published Words You Don't Know, a book that has sold well since then, especially in the Holiday Season.

    Currently he writes articles about The Work on ToFathomTheGist.com and, as a technology analyst, also contributes to Medium.com

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  2. Judith Hurwitz

    Judith Hurwitz

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    Judith S. Hurwitz is Chief Evangelist at Geminos Software, a causal AI platform intended to help business leaders collaborate to understand the cause and effect of business problems and how to address these complex issues. Judith has multiple decades of experience as a software thought leader, book author on emerging technology topics, strategy consultant and developer. She has started three companies focused on emerging software technologies including:

    • President, Hurwitz & Associates, a technology consulting firm focused on AI/ML, cloud services, security, and software development.

    * Founder of CycleBridge, a consulting firm focused on applying advanced technologies to the Biotech market

    *Hurwitz Group, an analyst and research firm focused on emerging technologies.

    She worked as an internal consultant and developer at a variety of firms including John Hancock Insurance and Apollo Computer.

    Hurwitz is a graduate of Boston University with both BS and MS degrees. She is on the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) Dean's advisory board. She also serves as a mentor for students starting technology businesses.

    Her best selling books include:

    Augmented Intelligence: The Business Power of Human-Machine Collaboration (2021, CRC Press),

    Cognitive Computing and Big Data Analytics (2015, John Wiley & Sons)

    Smart or Lucky? How Technology Leaders Turn Chance into Success. (2015,Jossey Bass)

    Cloud Computing for Dummies (2020, John Wiley & Sons, 2nd edition,)

    Big Data for Dummies (2011, John Wiley & Sons)

    Hybrid Cloud for Dummies (2012, John WIley & Sons)

    Service Management for Dummies (2009, John WIley & Sons)

    Cloud Computing for Dummies (first edition, 2010, John Wiley & Sons)

    Service Oriented Architectures for Dummies (first edition, 2007, John WIley & Sons)

    Service Oriented Architectures for Dummies (second edition, 2009)

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    Carol Baroudi

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    Carol Baroudi makes technical concepts understandable to ordinary human beings. Clocking more than 30 years in the computer industry, she's been writing trade books since 1993. Her most recent is Green IT For Dummies (Wiley, April 2009).

    In her day job she helps lead a green team and writes blogs. You can check them out here https://blog.cnedirect.com. By night, she co-leads the Boston Area Sustainability Group www.basg.org.

    Carol's other books include The Internet For Dummies (now in its 11th edition), Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies, Mastering COBOL, Internet Secrets and Email For Dummies. Since 1999, she has worked as a software industry analyst, both independently and with various organizations. She has a B.A. from Colgate University and a post baccalaureate certificate in Sustainable Development from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.

    Contact her at carol_baroudi@yahoo.com or reach out through LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/carolbaroudi

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good book for Starters
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2009
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A very good book for anyone starting on SOA.I have bought this book for IBM 669 SOA Certification and it is helping me quite a bit.REcommend to others also
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Leo McAguirre
5.0 out of 5 stars A good starting point
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2009
If you are not an IT guy and for a long time you have been thinking that SOA is only related to IT, then this book is a good starting point to understand, and make others understand, that SOA has everything to do with business.

Using simple examples, this book will guide you through the different elements of SOA and will help you to understant it's potential.
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Dennis Simpson
1.0 out of 5 stars Disappoing Book
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2007
The one thing that most people agree upon for SOA is that there is a lot of confusion. This book unfortunately adds to that confusion.

If you want to know what is going on today in what is being called SOA, this book is fine. It takes a look at what is out there, and reverse engineers it and describes the pieces. Unfortunately what is being done in general and what SOA is supposed to be is quite different.

If you were interested in what SOA is SUPPOSED to be, this book is very far off the mark. If you look at Thomas Erl's definitive books on SOA, you will see a vast difference from SOA as described in this book. Some of the chapters are overviews, for those with little or no existing knowledge of SOA, which is probably what you really wanted.

This SOA for Dummies book might be summarized as:
* SOA is good
* Everybody will be doing it
* Lots of companies are working in that area to implement SOA
* Lots of companies are creating SOA related products
* If you don't go SOA, your company will fail
* There is confusion
* We are a consulting company to help you

But my guess is you already knew this.

One aspect that is missing is an emphasis on open source SOA products. This book focuses primarily on commercial products. Even the commercial sources are continuing to donate parts of their systems to open source, so what was commercial is now open source. That is the continuing trend.

I would say take this book as light reading (even though it's 350 pages), but don't try to remember too much of it. Don't presume the people implementing SOA really know what SOA is all about. I've seen SOA described formally in detailed all the way to the other extreme where some people call everything on the Web as part of SOA, which it isn't. So when you hear someone talk about SOA, be really skeptical.

This book tells you what is going on, not what should be going on. The question for you is just what to you want to implement. Because you want to do it right the first time. Calling anything that has a "service" as part of SOA, won't get you there.
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S. L. Clemens
2.0 out of 5 stars Not really worth the trouble
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2009
Not really worth the time to read (let alone the expense). Covers the basics but not well enough to make a lasting impression and is somewhat miss guided towards a vendors rather than practitioners view of Service-oriented Architecture.

I have found more useful information free on the web - just started out with Wikipedia and went from there.
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Norman Snyder
3.0 out of 5 stars Good overview, but too high level
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2007
I suppose that, entering into any of the "Dummies" series, one should expect no more than introductory material, the corollary being that more detailed, technical knowledge would lie elsewhere. Thus it is with this book. If you are prepared for a surface buzzing of a broad range of topics relevant to SOA, including such useful matters as the business justification, the parts of an SOA necessarily to make it all work harmoniously, and even the different philosophies from various vendors (Oracle, SAP, etc.), then you'll be happy with this book. If, however, you're looking for a comprehensive treatment, that might begin with the business aspects and general structure, but then dive into the technologies, you'll find this book a disappointment.

I have two specific criticisms that cause my rating to be only three stars:
(1) while the textual coverage of SOA components--governance, security, the repository, and the registry, etc.--is clear, I quite wish that the diagrams were true architecture diagrams, UML-based. The material would have been clearer had it been represented with use case diagrams, activity diagrams, and sequence diagrams, instead of rectangles with lines between them.
(2) My other criticism goes to the gap between what the table of contents suggests, vs. what information the book delivers. That is, when a prospective reader is deciding whether to invest time in a book, typically the table of contents yields reliable information. Sometimes, though, a table of contents overreaches what the book itself is able to achieve. Such is the case here. For example, the Part V table of contents suggests that within would like a treatise on each major vendor's approach to SOA, including IBM, HP, BEA, Oracle, SAP, and JBoss. Alas, the details were too sketchy to be useful.

In brief, then, if the reader is willing to invest eight hours (that's how long this reader required, cover to cover) to gain a broad understanding of SOA, then this might be the book for you. If you're looking for a detailed treatment, or a comprehensive guide, look elsewhere.
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J. Rincon
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good introduction
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 25, 2009
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SOA is moving quickly, so books get outdated very soon, but I still think this is the better SOA introduction book I've read.
The book is completly technology agnostic, that will help you to understand the complete SOA infrastructure and the fact that most vendors miss one or other component. I still refer to some of the graphs of the book, as they are very generic when you just talk about SOA elements and not specific solutions from a given company.

I think it's easy to read even if you're not an IT professional and they put a lot of emphasis on the fact that SOA is the "place" where business and IT can get together, making of SOA something much bigger than a modular approach to build applications.

They do a good job explaining the basics, from here you can move to more detailed books if you need to.
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P. E. Jacobs
5.0 out of 5 stars Sane introduction to a complex subject
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 12, 2007
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Title says it all, really. This is a 'What?' and 'Why?' book, making the point that SOA is a business strategy rather than an IT one (to the extent that there's not a single line of code in the book). The author's clear conception of what SOA is, and their honest appraisal of the risks and benefits, makes a refreshing change to the TLA-laden waffle that some other titles descend into.

The sections that summarise the SOA offerings of specific vendors will soon age; but the bulk of this book will remain useful for several years ahead. Recommended.
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