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Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) For Dummies

Judith Hurwitz,

Robin Bloor,

Marcia Kaufman,

Fern Halper

3.35 · Rating details · 62 ratings · 5 reviews

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 A ...more

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Published June 13th 2014 by For Dummies (first published October 1st 2006)

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Mar 06, 2013 Michael Picot rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: work

This book was just okay. It wasn't exactly what I was hoping for. It was more like a sales pitch for implementing SOA at your company. It explained SOA some, but I was looking for a little more detail. I don't regret reading it though. I did learn some stuff. ...more

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Mar 15, 2013 David rated it really liked it · review of another edition

SOA explained for 'regular' business folks. The authors did a wonderful job of keeping the explanations relevant to the non-IT professionals. ...more

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Mar 28, 2010 Prit rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: technology

This book explains basic SOA concepts but it is not a book that can get you started building services, SOA infrastructure and middleware. It is a good book to brush up concepts.

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Feb 11, 2012 Michael Thorn rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Yawn.

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Jul 11, 2011 Almothana Alghunaim rated it liked it · review of another edition

Nice overview on SOA. A non-technical book helped on understanding SOA big picture. Good for a start, but not very helpful on technical details level.

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