SOA Learning Guide

This SearchWebServices.com learning guide introduces you to service-oriented architecture, or SOA. In this SOA learning guide, you'll find articles, tips, expert advice, white papers and more that will explain how SOA fits into the world of Web services.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
   SOA Definitions and Introductions
   SOA Integration and Planning
   SOA Development and Design
   SOA, BPM, and Business Analysis
   SOA Security and Governance
   SOA Q&A
   SOA Webcasts
   SOA and Web Services
   Predictions and Commentary
   More Learning Guides

SOA Definitions and Introductions

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• Glossary definition: Service-oriented architecture (SearchWebServices.com)
• Glossary definition: Service-oriented architecture (Wikipedia)
• Glossary definition: SOA (Object Management Group (OMG))
• Glossary definition: SOA (Open Group)
• Article: What is Service-Oriented Architecture? (IBM)
• Article: What is service-oriented architecture? (Java World)
• Article: An Introduction to Service-Oriented Architecture from a Java Developer Perspective (OnJava.com)
• Article: A defining moment for SOA (SearchWebServices.com)
• Article: Revisiting the definitive SOA definition (SearchWebServices.com)
• Books: Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Book Series (SOABooks.com)
• Training: SOA Training (SOATraining.com)

SOA Integration and Planning

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• Glossary Definition: Service-Oriented Integration (SearchWebServices.com)
• Article: Enterprise Data Integration: A critical piece in a Service-Oriented Architecture (SearchWebServices.com)
• Article: SOA goes after legacy platforms (Search400.com)
• Article: SOA vendors banding together to verify interoperability (SearchWebServices.com)
• Article: Service-Oriented, Distributed, High-Performance Computing (Microsoft Architect Journal)
• White Paper: Strategies for SOA Success (Oracle)
• Chapter: SOA project planning aspects (IBM)
• Glossary Definition: WS-I (SearchWebServices.com)
• Portal: Web Services Interoperability Group (WS-I)

SOA Development and Design

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• Glossary Definition: Service Oriented Analysis and Design (Wikipedia)
• Glossary Definition: Service-Orientation (Wikipedia)
• Article: Service-Orientation Design Principles (ServiceOrientation.org)
• Article: Service-Orientation Design Principles and Object-Orientation (Parts I-III) (ServiceOrientation.org)
• Article: Solving the service granularity challenge (Zapthink, special to SearchWebServices.com)
• Article: Modeling service-oriented solutions (IBM, special to SearchWebServices.com)
• Article: The Principles of Service-Orientation Part 1 of 6: Introduction to Service-Orientation (SOA Systems, special to SearchWebServices.com)
• Article: The Principles of Service-Orientation Part 2 of 6: Service contracts and loose coupling (SOA Systems, special to SearchWebServices.com)
• Article: The Principles of Service-Orientation Part 3 of 6: Service abstraction and reuse (SOA Systems, special to SearchWebServices.com)
• Article: The Principles of Service-Orientation Part 4 of 6: Service discoverability and composition (SOA Systems, special to SearchWebServices.com)
• Article: SOA patterns in .NET (SearchVB.com)
• Article: Vendors look to Ajax to make SOA shine (SearchOpenSource.com)
• Article: JBoss adds Arjuna transactions to SOA stack (SearchOpenSource.com)
• Article: The Common Principles of Service-Orientation (SOA Web Services Journal)

SOA, BPM, and Business Analysis

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• White Paper: BPM and SOA: Better Together (IBM)
• Article: BPM & SOA (AIIM)
• Article SOA, BPM and Model-driven Development: Creating the Perfect IT Storm (Enterprise Systems)
• Glossary Definition BPEL (SearchWebServices.com)
• Tutorial: Service-Oriented Business Processes with BPEL (WS-Standards.com)
• Article: Business analysis and SOA part 1 of 6: The benefits of business services (SOA Systems, special to SearchWebServices.com)
• Article: Business analysis and SOA part 2 of 6: Business service models and the entity-centric business service (SOA Systems, special to SearchWebServices.com)

SOA Security and Governance

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• Article: Securing services: Locking down your SOA (SearchAppSecurity.com)
• Article: SOA requires enterprise application security integration architecture (SearchAppSecurity.com)
• Chapter: Web Services Security (Understanding SOA with Web Services) (SearchWebServices.com)
• Chapter: Advanced Messaging, Metadata and Security (Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design) (SearchWebServices.com)
• Article: Secure your SOA (Java World)
• Glossary Definition: WS-Security (SearchWebServices.com)
• Tutorial: An Overview of the WS-Security Framework (WS-Standards.com)
• Glossary Definition: Service-Oriented Management (SearchWebServices.com)
• Article: Effective SOA Governance (by IBM for SearchWebServices.com)
• Expert Advice: The difference between SOA governance and Web services management (SearchWebServices.com)
• White Paper: Why Runtime Governance Is Critical to SOA (by Sonic for SearchWebServices.com)
• Article: SOA Governance - Gaining Flexibility and Retaining Control (Sys-Con)
• Article: SOA Governance and the Butterfly Effect (Zapthink, special to SearchWebServices.com)
• Article: The Move to Policy-Driven SOA Development can Lead to Tightly Coupled SOA Network Appliances (SOA Network Architect)
Article: SOA Appliances and Governance Solutions (SOA Network Architect)

SOA Q&A

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• Have a question?: Ask the SearchWebServices.com SOA Expert Daniel Foody (General SOA Questions)
• Have a question?: Ask the SearchWebServices.com SOA Expert Thomas Erl (SOA Technology and Design)
• Have a question?: Ask the SearchWebServices.com SOA Expert Harish Harbham (SOA and Integration)
• Have a question?: Ask the team of Web Services Experts at SearchWebServices.com (SearchWebServices.com)

SOA Webcasts

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• Watch: Specialized IBM Hardware for XML, Web Services Security & SOA (by IBM for SearchWebServices.com)
• Watch: Specialized IBM Hardware for SOA (by IBM for SearchWebServices.com)
• Watch: Virtualizing SOA Deployments (by DataSynapse for SearchWebServices.com)
• Watch: SOA Leadership Roundtable eSeminar (by Oracle for SearchWebServices.com)
• Watch: Using Service-Orientation to Express Business Logic and Rules through Services(SOA Systems, special for SearchWebServices.com)
• Watch: Java Business Integration: A Foundation for SOA (by Sun for SearchWebServices.com)
• Watch: 7 Steps to Successful SOA Adoption (SearchWebServices.com)
• Watch: Upcoming Webcasts from SearchWebServices.com (SearchWebServices.com)

SOA and Web Services

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• Glossary Definition: Web Service (SearchWebServices.com)
• Glossary Definition: W3C Web Services Glossary (WS-Standards.com)
• Glossary Definition: WSDL (SearchWebServices.com)
• Tutorial: Defining the Web Service with WSDL (WS-Standards.com)
• Glossary Definition: SOAP (SearchWebServices.com)
• Tutorial: An Inside Look into SOAP Messaging (WS-Standards.com)
• Glossary Definition: UDDI (SearchWebServices.com)
• Tutorial: UDDI In and Out of the Enterprise (WS-Standards.com)
• Glossary Definition: WS-Coordination (SearchWebServices.com)
• Tutorial: The WS-Coordination Context Management Framework (WS-Standards.com)
• Glossary Definition: WS-Transaction (SearchWebServices.com)
• Tutorial: Cross-Service Transactions with WS-AtomicTransaction (WS-Standards.com)
• Chapter: Web Services - A Realization of SOA (Web Services Platform Architecture)
• Chapter: Introduction to Web services technologies (Service-Oriented Architecture: A Field Guide to Integrating XML and Web Services)
• Tutorial: Building a Communications Framework with WS-Policy and WS-ReliableMessaging (WS-Standards.com)
• Portal: Web Services Standards and Specifications (SOASpecs.com)
• Portal: Standards and Web Services (IBM)
• Portal: Web Services Specifications (Microsoft)

Predictions and Commentary

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• Article: SOA everywhere by 2006 (SearchDataCenter.com)
• Article: 6 hot technologies for 2006: SOA (NetworkWorld.com)
• Article: SOA Scorecard and 2006 Predictions (Zapthink, special to SearchWebServices.com)
• Article: SOA skills attract higher salaries (The Register)
• Article: SOA predicates rise of the enterprise architect (RegDeveloper.co.uk)
• Article: Understanding SOA entry points: Process, reuse and connectivity (IBM)
• Special Report: Choosing a SOA mediation system (SearchWebServices.com)
• Special Report Special Report: How much is that SOA in the window?, part 1(SearchWebServices.com)
• Special Report Special Report: How much is that SOA in the window?, part 2(SearchWebServices.com)
• Special Report Special Report: How much is that SOA in the window?, part 3(SearchWebServices.com)
• Article How to sell SOAs and Web services projects using ROI(SearchWebServices.com)
• Article SOA for small and medium businesses(Zapthink, special to SearchWebServices.com)
• Article The SOA killer app ZapFlash(Zapthink, special to SearchWebServices.com)
• Article Eight Fallacies of Distributed Computing(ZapthinSOA Network Architectk, special to SearchWebServices.com)
• Article What Does Networking have to do with SOA?(SOA Network Architect)

More Learning Guides

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• Ajax Learning Guide(SearchWebServices.com)
• XML Security Learning Guide(SearchSecurity.com & SearchWebServices.com)
• BPEL Learning Guide(SearchWebServices.com)
• Fast Guide: Web services security(SearchWebServices.com)