This advanced reference shows how to balance the delivery of immediate business value while creating long-term strategic capability. The book details the fundamentals of service-oriented architectures (find, bind and execute), and the four aspects to SOA (Production, Consumption, Management and Provisioning), and shows how to implement them in the just-in-time world of 21 st Century business. The authors, all leaders in business innovation, discuss integration challenges and common errors, and offer guidance on building enterprise class services right the first time. Includes dozens of examples of architectures, procedures and practical guidelines.

How to balance the delivery of immediate business value while creating long-term strategic capability Fundamentals of service-oriented architectures explained in detail (find, bind and execute) The four aspects to SOA (Production, Consumption, Management and Provisioning) and why they are important Recognize critical success factors to implementing enterprise SOAs Architectural importance of service registries, interfaces and contracts Dozens of examples of architectures, procedures and practical guidelines

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Endorsements. About the series. Foreword. Preface. About the book. Acknowledgements. About the reviewers. 1. Understanding Service-Oriented Architecture. 2. Component-Based Services. 3. Orchestration. 4. Working with Registry and Uddi. 5. Understanding Enterprise Security. 6. SOA Management. 7. Transactions. 8. Event-Driven Architecture. Outtro. Appendix A: Understanding Distributed Computing. Appendix B: Quality Attributes. Appendix C: References. Appendix D: Additional Reading. Appendix E: Upcoming Books.