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Web Service and SOA Technologies

April 28, 2010 by BPELforum

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This very insightful book devotes a chapter to each of several service oriented architecture (SOA) and web service-related technologies. For each chapter, an overview is given along with the strengths, weaknesses, alternatives and common mistakes for that technology. For example, there are chapters devoted to SOAs, Web Services, Enterprise Service Buses, BPEL, Governance, .Net, J2EE, Message Oriented Middleware, XML, REST and ROA, SOAP, WSRP and WSDL. There are also chapters on a number of other related technologies like HTTP, PHP, XML Schemas, HTML and horizontal and vertical scaling – each chapter emphasizing common mistakes that bring down SOA projects. The book is chalked full of useful insights and pitfalls to avoid, but what makes the presentation truly unique is that each topic is presented in an engaging and humorous manner. Genuinely funny footnotes permeate the text and Dilbert-esque cartoons that make a point about each technology cause very boring topics to become palatable. If you’re a project manager or software architect who can’t name three ways technologies like… say… web services or XML threatens projects then you should buy this book. It’s also a good book to read to have something intelligent to say about popular technologies during job interviews and you’ll have a few chuckles while gaining those insights.

Web Service and SOA Technologies

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SOA Governance: Achieving and Sustaining Business and IT Agility

April 28, 2010 by BPELforum

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Address the #1 Success Factor in SOA Implementations: Effective, Business-Driven Governance

Inadequate governance might be the most widespread root cause of SOA failure. In SOA Governance, a team of IBM’s leading SOA governance experts share hard-won best practices for governing IT in any service-oriented environment.

The authors begin by introducing a comprehensive SOA governance model that has worked in the field. They define what must be governed, identify key stakeholders, and review the relationship of SOA governance to existing governance bodies as well as governance frameworks like COBIT. Next, they walk you through SOA governance assessment and planning, identifying and fixing gaps, setting goals and objectives, and establishing workable roadmaps and governance deliverables. Finally, the authors detail the build-out of the SOA governance model with a case study.

The authors illuminate the unique issues associated with applying IT governance to a services model, including the challenges of compliance auditing when service behavior is inherently unpredictable. They also show why services governance requires a more organizational, business-centric focus than “conventional” IT governance.

Coverage includes

Understanding the problems SOA governance needs to solve
Establishing and governing service production lines that automate SOA development activities
Identifying reusable elements of your existing IT governance model and prioritizing improvements
Establishing SOA authority chains, roles, responsibilities, policies, standards, mechanisms, procedures, and metrics
Implementing service versioning and granularity
Refining SOA governance frameworks to maintain their vitality as business and IT strategies change

Introduction: A Services Approach

Chapter 1: Introduction to Governance

Chapter 2: SOA Governance Assessment and Planning

Chapter 3: Building the Service Factory

Chapter 4: Governing the Service Factory

Chapter 5: Implementing the SOA Governance Model

Chapter 6: Managing the Service Lifecycle

Chapter 7: Governance Vitality

Chapter 8: SOA Governance Case Study

Appendix A: Glossary

Appendix B: References

Index

SOA Governance: Achieving and Sustaining Business and IT Agility

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SOA Governance

April 28, 2010 by BPELforum

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SOA Governance is the key to a successful adoption of Service-Oriented Architecture. It is the process of establishing a desired outcome for your efforts, and then leveraging people, policies, and processes to make that outcome a reality. This includes technical policies and standards that guide your design-time activities, policies and processes that impact your project selection and funding decisions, and finally run-time policies that impact your operational management activities. The adoption of Service-Oriented Architecture is intended to improve the efficiency and productivity of your company, and your SOA governance efforts are critical in achieving your goals in quality, consistency, predictability, change management, and interdependencies of services.

This book will help you to understand what requirements you will need to introduce SOA Governance into your company. Running through the people, policies, and processes needed for such an effort, this book will help you to realize the steps that you need to take in order to improve your company’s business process quickly and efficiently.

By following a fictional company’s implementation of SOA Governance from the beginning to its successful end, this book will show you the ups and downs of the process. You will learn how to plan SOA governance according to your company’s needs, so that you can avoid the possible pitfalls that are highlighted through the narrative. Learn about SOA Governance to work your way towards SOA success.

SOA Governance

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SOA und WebServices

April 28, 2010 by BPELforum

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Service-orientierte Architektur (SOA) ist ein aktuelles Schlagwort, das nicht nur im Bereich der Softwaretechnik sondern auch im Unternehmens-Management auf sehr viel Interesse gestoßen ist. Bei der Wahl der Strategie zur Modernisierung von IT-Landschaften fällt die Entscheidung häufig zugunsten dieses neuartigen Architekturmodells.Der Kerngedanke von SOA besteht darin, IT-Funktionalitäten in einzelne, geschäftsorientierte Serviceblöcke aufzuspalten und damit komplexe Strukturen aufzulösen. Dem Leser werden einerseits die allgemeinen Grundlagen der Serviceorientierung vermittelt und andererseits die technologischen Konzepte und Standards zur praktischen Umsetzung Service-orientierter Architekturen unter Verwendung von WebServices vorgestellt. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf der Fragestellung, in wie weit WebServices zur Implementierung geeignet sind. Ergänzend wird die Orchestrierung von Services zu einem Prozess mittels der Prozessbeschreibungssprache WS-BPEL beschrieben und auf organisatorische Vorgehensmethoden im Rahmen der SOA-Governance eingegangen.

SOA und WebServices

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Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies, 2nd Edition

April 28, 2010 by BPELforum

ISBN13: 9780470376843
Condition: NEW
Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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Feeling overwhelmed by the buzz about SOA—service oriented architecture? Take heart! Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies, 2nd Edition makes it easy to understand, plan, and implement the latest SOA solutions for your business.

Whether you’re the IT person responsible for developing SOA or the executive who’s trying to get a handle on the concept, Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies, 2nd Edition will help you understand what SOA is, why it’s important, and how you can make the most of it. You’ll find out about the business and financial aspects of SOA, how to decide if you need it, and what it can mean to your bottom line. Discover how to:

Identify the main components of SOA and how they work to create business processes
Create reusable, flexible systems and avoid common pitfalls
Deconstruct business processes and applications to identify their components, then put them together in new ways
Construct SOA business applications for maximum adaptability
Confirm quality in a situation that’s difficult to test, and assure the quality and consistency of your data
Develop a governance strategy for SOA based on your company’s philosophy and culture
Work with XML and understand how it’s used in SOA
Maximize the benefits of unified communications
Understand software ecosystems, rich interfaces, and the development lifecycle

Packed with real-life case studies illustrating how SOA has been applied in a variety of industries, Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies, 2nd Edition demystifies one of today’s hottest business tools.

Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies, 2nd Edition

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