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While the concept of web services is nothing new, service-oriented architecture (SOA) has evolved over the past couple of years: an architectural style of building software applications that promotes loose coupling between components so that they can be reused.
Most analysts predict that J2EE and other programming environments will continue to coexist in most organizations -- the trend of heterogeneous technologies within the C-level executive's domain and creating applications that leverage these different technologies is not easy. SOA provides a solution to many application integration issues by allowing systems to expose their functionality via standardized, interoperable interfaces.
But how to plan a way forward? Some have asked, is software development a science or an art? As found in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance in the 1970s, the classic paradigm of the dualistic nature of beauty in technology provides an excellent starting point for analyzing IT architectural practice.
Tom Termini's book provides a unique perspective, applying a Zen approach that can result in a comprehensive blueprint to the design and implementation of a modern software architecture. Remember, no matter how complex a solution is needed, it nevertheless must start with a single line of code, or a single step forward.
This book is for you if you are...
- A government or business IT leader, who needs to start and manage a SOA strategy across the enterprise;
- An enterprise architect, who wants to drive the vision and roadmap of the SOA program and the architecture of each implementation that falls under it;
- A program manager or team leader, who is required to manage a portfolio of sub-projects within an overall business strategy; or
- A solution provider with the desire to bring new tools and capabilities to business and IT.
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