Business Process Execution Language (BPEL)
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Commercial systems built today are increasingly using XML technologies for storing any amount of text or data.
Services and Business Computing Solutions with XML: Applications for Quality Management and Best Processes collects the latest research for academicians and practitioners that describes the use and synergy between data structure technologies. This book explores and investigates various issues of XML data and related applications summarized by Web services.
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SOA Best Practices Report: Beyond Point-to-Point Web Services
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The first edition of this book and its accompanying eLearning course is regarded as a classic in its field. Now, in an expanded and updated version of The Art of Service’s book, the authors once again present a step-by-step guide to getting into ITIL V3 SOA.
The industry recognized best practices for Service Offerings and Agreements (SOA) can be utilized by any IT organization to assist in the development and management of high quality IT services while still maintaining cost effectiveness and customer satisfaction. To support organizations and individuals in this goal, this workbook covers practical guidance on the design and implementation of integrated end-to-end processes based on proven industry best practice guidelines.
It provides in-depth knowledge of the ITIL® SOA areas: Service Portfolio, Financial, Demand, Service Catalogue, Service Level and Supplier Management.
Service Offerings and Agreements Best Practices is designed to complement the certified ITIL V3 Capability Programs for IT Service Management. This book focuses on describing the industry best practices within this scope, including:
– Service Portfolio Management: Which seeks to provide capabilities for managing investments into IT and maximizing them for value.
- Financial Management: Providing transparency into the costs incurred in the provision of services and the development of funding models for recovering IT costs.
- Demand Management: To assist in identifying and understanding patterns of business activity that generate demand for IT services and to reduce excess capacity needs.
- Service Catalogue Management: To provide mechanisms by which the available service offerings are communicated and understood by customers and the IT organization.
- Service Level Management: Which ensures that a service-oriented approach is taken in the development of service offerings and their associated agreements with customers.
- Supplier Management: To ensure that a seamless level of quality is provided for IT services and that value for money is obtained in any supplier arrangements.
The information provided in this workbook is based on version 3 of the ITIL® framework, predominantly focusing on the volumes of Service Strategy and Service Design. This book is designed to complement the accredited online learning materials, and is an extension of the learner experience to ensure students can successfully study in accordance to their individual learning style.
Other guidance provided includes:
- Suggested templates and criteria for implementing Service Offerings and Agreements (SOA) processes.
- Explanation of the more abstract ITIL concepts to improve understanding.
- Review questions to assist in the understanding of the various SOA concepts.
Considering the increasing number of IT Professionals and their Organizations who want to be actively involved in IT Service Management, this book, should do at least as well as the first edition, which is a bestseller.
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This book spells out guidelines and strategies for successfully using ServiceOriented Architecture (SOA) in large-scale projects. SOA represents the latestparadigm in distributed computing and middleware development. However,SOA is not a revolution, but rather an evolution in software architecture. SOAis a collection of best practice software construction principles accompanied byproven methodologies in development and project management.This book is unique in that it offers a pragmatic approach to the topic. Theauthors borrow from their more than forty years of collective enterpriseexperience, and offer a frank discussion of the challenges associated withadopting SOA. They also help readers ensure that their organization does notbecome too closely tied to a specific technology. The result is a detailedintroduction to the topic and an architectural blueprint for implementing SOA.
Enterprise SOA: Service-Oriented Architecture Best Practices
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Achieve Breakthrough Business Flexibility and Agility by Integrating SOA and BPM
Thousands of enterprises have adopted Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) based on its promise to help them respond more rapidly to changing business requirements by composing new solutions from existing business services. To deliver on this promise, however, companies need to integrate solid but flexible Business Process Management (BPM) plans into their SOA initiatives. Dynamic SOA and BPM offers a pragmatic, efficient approach for doing so. Top IBM® SOA architect Marc Fiammante takes you step-by-step through combining BPM and SOA, and using them together to build a more flexible, dynamic enterprise. Throughout the book, he emphasizes hands-on solutions based on his experience supporting dozens of enterprise SOA implementations. Practical from start to finish, Dynamic SOA and BPM squarely addresses two of the most critical challenges today’s IT executives, architects, and analysts face: implementing BPM as effectively as possible and deriving more value from their SOA investments.
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Dynamic SOA and BPM: Best Practices for Business Process Management and SOA Agility
