SOA Tutorial

This SearchSOA.com tutorial introduces you to service-oriented architecture, or SOA. In this SOA tutorial, 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
  [IMAGE]SOA Definitions and Introductions
  [IMAGE]SOA Integration and Planning
  [IMAGE]SOA Development and Design
  [IMAGE]SOA, BPM, and Business Analysis
  [IMAGE]SOA Security and Governance
  [IMAGE]SOA Q&A
  [IMAGE]SOA Webcasts
  [IMAGE]SOA and Web Services
  [IMAGE]Predictions and Commentary
  [IMAGE]More Learning Guides

[IMAGE]   SOA Definitions and Introductions [IMAGE]  Return to Table of Contents

• Glossary definition: Service-oriented architecture (SearchSOA.com)
• Glossary definition: Service-oriented architecture (Wikipedia)
• Glossary definition: SOA (Object Management Group (OMG))
• Article: What is Service-Oriented Architecture? (IBM)
• Books: Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Book Series (SOABooks.com)
• Training: SOA Training (SOATraining.com)

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[IMAGE]   SOA Integration and Planning [IMAGE]  Return to Table of Contents

• Glossary Definition: Service-Oriented Integration (SearchSOA.com)

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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: The Principles of Service-Orientation Part 1 of 6: Introduction to Service-Orientation (SOA Systems, special to SearchSOA.com)
• Article: The Principles of Service-Orientation Part 2 of 6: Service contracts and loose coupling (SOA Systems, special to SearchSOA.com)
• Article: The Principles of Service-Orientation Part 3 of 6: Service abstraction and reuse (SOA Systems, special to SearchSOA.com)
• Article: The Principles of Service-Orientation Part 4 of 6: Service discoverability and composition (SOA Systems, special to SearchSOA.com)

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• Glossary Definition BPEL (SearchSOA.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 SearchSOA.com)
• Article: Business analysis and SOA part 2 of 6: Business service models and the entity-centric business service (SOA Systems, special to SearchSOA.com)

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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) (SearchSOA.com)
• Chapter: Advanced Messaging, Metadata and Security (Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design) (SearchSOA.com)
• Article: Secure your SOA (Java World)
• Glossary Definition: WS-Security (SearchSOA.com)
• Tutorial: An Overview of the WS-Security Framework (WS-Standards.com)
• Glossary Definition: Service-Oriented Management (SearchSOA.com)
• Article: Effective SOA Governance (by IBM for SearchSOA.com)
• Expert Advice: The difference between SOA governance and Web services management (SearchSOA.com)
• White Paper: Why Runtime Governance Is Critical to SOA (by Sonic for SearchSOA.com)
• Article: SOA Governance - Gaining Flexibility and Retaining Control (Sys-Con)
• Article: SOA Governance and the Butterfly Effect (Zapthink, special to SearchSOA.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)

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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 (SearchSOA.com)

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

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• Glossary Definition: Web Service (SearchSOA.com)
• Glossary Definition: W3C Web Services Glossary (WS-Standards.com)
• Glossary Definition: WSDL (SearchSOA.com)
• Tutorial: Defining the Web Service with WSDL (WS-Standards.com)
• Glossary Definition: SOAP (SearchSOA.com)
• Tutorial: An Inside Look into SOAP Messaging (WS-Standards.com)
• Glossary Definition: UDDI (SearchSOA.com)
• Tutorial: UDDI In and Out of the Enterprise (WS-Standards.com)
• Glossary Definition: WS-Coordination (SearchSOA.com)
• Tutorial: The WS-Coordination Context Management Framework (WS-Standards.com)
• Glossary Definition: WS-Transaction (SearchSOA.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)

[IMAGE]   Predictions and Commentary [IMAGE]  Return to Table of Contents

• 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 SearchSOA.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 (SearchSOA.com)
• Special Report Special Report: How much is that SOA in the window?, part 1(SearchSOA.com)
• Special Report Special Report: How much is that SOA in the window?, part 2(SearchSOA.com)
• Special Report Special Report: How much is that SOA in the window?, part 3(SearchSOA.com)
• Article How to sell SOAs and Web services projects using ROI(SearchSOA.com)
• Article SOA for small and medium businesses(Zapthink, special to SearchSOA.com)
• Article The SOA killer app ZapFlash(Zapthink, special to SearchSOA.com)
• Article Eight Fallacies of Distributed Computing(ZapthinSOA Network Architectk, special to SearchSOA.com)
• Article What Does Networking have to do with SOA?(SOA Network Architect)

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