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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.6
EAN: 9780470054352
ISBN: 0470054352
Label: For Dummies
Manufacturer: For Dummies
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: November 06, 2006
Publisher: For Dummies
Sales Rank: 39738
Studio: For Dummies
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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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I like this book because it is easy to read and it explains basic SOA concepts. This book will help you understand the major concepts but it is not a book that can get you started building services, SOA infrastructure and middleware.
And it is obviously not for dummies!
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Reading this book may provide you with a few good buzzwords at IT cocktail parties, but forget about understanding what SOA is, and how it gets done in the real world.
Having worked in the IT industry as a consultant and executive for a long time, and having been on both sides of the business/technical divide, the title of this book intrigued me. So I thought I'd give it a shot, to see how SOA might be simply explained from a business, non technical point of view. But after reading ... Read More
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This is a goog book to get the basics. Some of the analogies are really good, but they seem to repeat them over and over. Decent reference though
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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, ... Read More
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I have always been seriously put off by the "Dummies" series. I would like to buy books that assume some intelligence on the part of the reader. I don't like being talked down to.
But this book doesn't do that. Instead it explains concepts clearly, and has been a great help to me in understanding the clouds of jargon that surround this topic. The explanation of the components of SOA and how they hook together is excellent!
Because I am not yet directly involved, I cannot ... Read More
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