Rich Internet Applications (RIA), or to put it into its broader scope, the Rich Enterprise Application (REA) paradigm, has become reality and new business applications are primarily built for web and mobile clients and less for the desktop. Through the adoption of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) in business application development and...

One of the most challenging tasks in today’s business and information technology (IT) environments is to communicate a solution to an organizational problem in a simple manner that can be easily understood by business and IT personnel alike. Is it also arduous to explain in simple words how a remedy to an enterprise concern can be...

The emergence of key second-generation Web services standards has positioned service-oriented architecture (SOA) as the foremost platform for contemporary business automation solutions. The integration of SOA...

The challenge today's IT professionals face is not how to build a service. It's how to build a quality service, based on solid design principles and integrated into an architecture that enhances overall business...

• Get to grips with clear definitions of 'Service' and 'Architecture' to understand the full SOA picture
• Read about SOA in simple terms from Oracle ACE Directors for SOA and Middleware in this book and...

How do we start with service modeling? How do we analyze services for better reusability? Who should be involved? How do we create the best architecture model for our organization? This must-read for all enterprise leaders gives you all the answers and tools needed to develop a sound...

In order for a business to thrive in today’s dynamic world, its computing infrastructure must enable the secure flow of information—not only within the business but also with suppliers and customers. However, many of today’s computing infrastructures suffer from “information chaos” and are unable to support this...