Service-Oriented Architecture For Dummies

- Introduction

Part I: Introducing SOA
- Chapter 1: SOA What?
- Chapter 2: Noah's Architecture
- Chapter 3: Not So Simple SOA
- Chapter 4: SOA Sophistication
- Chapter 5: Playing Fast and Loose: Coupling and Federation

Part II: Nitty-Gritty SOA
- Chapter 6: Xplicating XML
- Chapter 7: Sealing with Adapters
- Chapter 8: The Registry and the Broker
- Chapter 9: The Enterprise Service Bus
- Chapter 10: The SOA Supervisor

Part III: SOA Sustenance
- Chapter 11: SOA Governance
- Chapter 12: SOA Security
- Chapter 13: Where's the Data?
- Chapter 14: SOA Software Development
- Chapter 15: The Repository and the Registry

Part IV: Getting Started with SOA
- Chapter 16: Do You Need a SOA? A Self-Test
- Chapter 17: Making Sure SOA Happens
- Chapter 18: SOA Quick Start: Entry Points for Starting the SOA Journey

Part V: Real Life with SOA
- Chapter 19: Big Blue SOA
- Chapter 20: SOA According to Hewlett-Packard
- Chapter 21: SOA According to BEA
- Chapter 22: Progress with SOA
- Chapter 23: The Oracle at SOA
- Chapter 24: Microsoft and SOA
- Chapter 25: SAP SOA
- Chapter 26: (J)Bossing SOA

Part VI: The Part of Tens
- Chapter 27: Ten Swell SOA Resources
- Chapter 28: And That's Not All! Even More SOA Vendors
- Chapter 29: Ten SOA No-Nos

- Appendix A: Glossary
- Index

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