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Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): Concepts, Technology, and Design (Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl) | 
 enlarge | Author: Thomas Erl
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 19927
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 792
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.7
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 7.1 x 2
ISBN: 0131858580
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.74
EAN: 9780131858589
ASIN: 0131858580
Publication Date: August 12, 2005
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Product Description
The foremost "how-to" guide to 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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Good high level companion March 15, 2008
This book covers the complex process of planning, designing and implementing service-oriented architectures that meet organizational goals. It is an essential companion to any software developer, architect, or project manager implementing-or thinking about implementing-a service-oriented architecture.
 Independent View of SOA February 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Thomas Erl in this book provides an excellent reference and an independent/agnostic view of SOA that is not cluttered with Vendor speak. What I thought was valuable is the definition of business benefits, case studies and the beginning of SOA Principals and terminology that provides an organization a mechanism to organize their efforts and improve focus. Having worked with Web Services since 2001 and implemented them at many customers, the application and discussion of WS in conjunction with SOA is very helpful.
 Excessively long winded for my use December 14, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It's hard to understand how the same author wrote this and SOA Principles of Service Design (The Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl) and Service-Oriented Architecture: A Field Guide to Integrating XML and Web Services (The Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl), both of which had more useful information in a much more compact package.
The only real use I can think of for this book is perhaps to quote in a sales context regarding the benefits of SOA to someone who hasn't heard of it. That said, although I believe in SOA as a powerful mechanism, I believe the claims in the book are less well supported then the heft of the book might imply. Other technical details like the importance of UDDI are largely out of date.
I disagree with some of the other reviewers who call the book overly theoretical: I would not give it that much credit. Theory would call on or reference solid research; this book provides anecdotal evidence at best.
Aside from some potential use to sales folks (perhaps why Sun, IBM and MS endorse the book), I think most will want to pass on this one.
Too much theory September 10, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I found reading this book boring after the first 6 chapters. What would have been more interesting is the author giving possible solutions (i.e. specific products) that could meet the specifications he laid out in each chapter. This book does not give specific real-world solutions that fit the descriptions and specifications that are described as constituting a Service-Oriented Architecture. After reading this book, I understand the architecture, but could not recommend any specific products that would fit the architecture.
 Like a really, really long survey of SOA standards August 30, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you want a book that covers most of the SOA standards in one place, this might be helpful. I think you could get that from Wikipedia. Lots regurgitation of SOA platitudes, not much value add. If you're looking to make the light go on about key SOA concepts, this isn't the book. It would make a good management summary of the technology, if it was about 1/3 as long.
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