Ebook: Service oriented architecture for dummies

* 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"