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Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies®

Name: Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies®
ISBN: 9780470054352

by Judith Hurwitz, Robin Bloor, Carol Baroudi, Marcia Kaufman

November 2006

Beginner

379 pages

9h 8m

English

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Copyright
About the Authors
Authors' Acknowledgments
Publisher's Acknowledgments
Introduction
About This BookFoolish AssumptionsHow This Book Is OrganizedPart I: Introducing SOAPart II: Nitty-Gritty SOAPart III: SOA SustenancePart IV: Getting Started with SOAPart V: Real Life with SOAPart VI: The Part of TensAppendixesThe GlossaryIcons Used in This BookWhere to Go from Here
I. Introducing SOA
1. SOA What?
1.1. Business Lib1.2. Tech Lib1.3. Once Upon a Time1.4. Better Living through Reuse1.5. Dancing with Strangers1.6. Hiding the Unsightly1.7. Why Is This Story Different from Every Other Story?
2. Noah's Architecture
2.1. What's an Architecture?2.1.1. SOA to the rescue2.1.2. Basic architecture2.1.3. Basic service2.1.4. Business services2.1.5. Elementary service oriented architecture2.2. It's So Simple; It Has Taken Only 40 Years. . . .2.2.1. Complication #1: Business logic and plumbing2.2.2. Complication #2: The not-so-green field2.2.3. Complication #3: Application archaeology2.2.3.1. Digging in the dirt2.2.3.2. The magical black box2.2.4. Complication #4: Who's in charge?2.3. Service Oriented Architecture — Reprise2.4. Why SOA? Better Business and Better IT
3. Not So Simple SOA
3.1. Components and Component Wannabes3.1.1. Making sure your components play nicely together3.1.2. Building in reusability3.2. Web Services: The Early Days3.3. When Web Services Grow Up3.4. Defining Business Processes3.4.1. The handy example3.4.2. Business processes are production lines3.5. New Applications from Old — Composite Applications3.5.1. Toward end-to-end process3.5.2. Adopting business processes and composite applications
4. SOA Sophistication
4.1. Making SOA Happen4.2. Catching the Enterprise Service Bus4.3. Welcome to the SOA Registry4.3.1. Introducing the workflow engine4.3.2. Your friendly neighborhood service broker4.3.3. The SOA supervisor, again4.4. Managing Business Process under SOA4.4.1. BPM tools4.4.2. The BPM lay of the land4.5. Guaranteeing Service4.5.1. Application failures — Let us count the ways4.5.2. Measuring service levels4.5.3. End-to-end service4.5.4. Just one more look

5. Playing Fast and Loose: Loose Coupling and Federation
5.1. Why Am I So Dependent?5.2. Loose Coupling5.3. Software As a Service5.3.1. Licensing models and service5.3.2. Software as a service and SOA5.4. Talkin' 'bout My Federation . . .5.4.1. SOA and federation5.4.2. Federated identity management5.4.3. Federated information management5.5. The Industrialization of Software
II. Nitty-Gritty SOA
6. Xplicating XML
6.1. My Computer Is a Lousy Linguist6.1.1. So what is XML exactly?6.1.2. XML's extensibility6.1.3. How does XML work?6.2. Acronym-phomania6.2.1. A little bit of SOAP and WSDL6.2.1.1. Name spaces6.2.1.2. SOAP comes in envelopes6.2.1.3. WSDL
7. Dealing with Adapters
7.1. Making Connections7.2. In a Bind7.3. Your Adapter Options7.4. So How Do You Build an Adapter?
8. The Registry and the Broker
8.1. Call On the SOA Registry8.1.1. Getting the dirt on business services8.1.2. Managing your metadata8.1.3. Keeping business services on track8.1.4. Ready with a SOA registry8.2. Brokering a Deal8.3. Sign the Registry, Please8.4. You Need a Broker
9. The Enterprise Service Bus
9.1. ESB Basics9.2. ESB: The Sequel9.3. What's inside the Bus9.4. ESB Components: Of Messages and Management, Security and Things9.4.1. Messaging services9.4.2. Management services9.4.3. Interface services9.4.4. Mediation services9.4.5. Metadata services9.4.6. Security services9.5. Running the Enterprise Service Bus9.5.1. No ESB is an island9.5.2. The ESB keeps things loose9.5.3. The ESB delivers predictability
10. The SOA Supervisor
10.1. The Plumbing10.1.1. Layers upon layers upon layers10.1.2. The plumbing service10.1.2.1. Life or death availability10.1.2.2. Response times and customer satisfaction10.1.2.3. Business service management10.2. The SOA Supervisor10.2.1. SOA supervising: The inside view10.2.2. Getting real
III. SOA Sustenance
11. SOA Governance
11.1. What Is Governance?11.1.1. Governing IT11.1.2. The SOA wrinkle in IT governance11.2. Understanding SOA Governance11.3. SOA, What's Different?
12. SOA Security
12.1. Who's That User?12.1.1. Weak authentication12.1.2. Strong authentication12.2. Can I Let You Do That?12.2.1. Identity management software12.2.2. Why this is a neat scheme12.3. Authenticating Software and Data12.3.1. Software fingerprints12.3.2. Digital certificates12.4. Auditing and the Enterprise Service Bus12.5. The Big SOA Security Picture
13. Where's the Data?
13.1. When Good Data Goes Bad13.2. Dastardly Data Silos13.3. Trust Me13.3.1. Data profiling13.3.2. Data quality13.3.3. Data transformation13.3.4. Data governance and auditing13.4. Providing Information As a Service13.4.1. Data control13.4.2. Consistent data and the metadata repository13.5. Know Your Data13.5.1. Data services13.5.2. Loose coupling
14. SOA Software Development
14.1. So Many Components, So Little Time14.2. New Shoes for the Cobbler's Children14.3. The Software Development Life Cycle14.3.1. BPM tools and software development14.3.2. Mapping the business process14.4. SOA and Software Testing14.4.1. Unit testing of Web services14.4.2. Integration testing14.4.3. Stress testing and performance testing14.4.4. The whole test bed
15. The Repository and the Registry
15.1. Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes15.1.1. Updates, updates, and more updates15.1.2. Meet the repository15.1.2.1. Repository and registry: Separated at birth?15.1.2.2. Dueling silos15.2. IT As Service Provider15.2.1. Managing complexity15.2.2. SOA and SLAs15.3. Governance, the Repository, and the Registry15.3.1. Packaged applications15.3.2. Reposing in the registry or registering in the repository15.3.3. The registry and internal publishing15.3.4. The registry and real-time governance15.3.5. The registry and external publishing
IV. Getting Started with SOA
16. Do You Need a SOA?A Self-Test
16.1. Question 1: Is Your Business Ecosystem Broad and Complex?16.2. Question 2: Is Your Industry Changing Quickly?16.3. Question 3: Do You Have Hidden Gems inside Your Software Applications?16.4. Question 4: Are Your Computer Systems Flexible?16.5. Question 5: How Well Prepared Is Your Organization to Embrace Change?16.6. Question 6: How Dependable Are the Services Provided by IT?16.7. Question 7: Can Your Company's Technology Support Corporate Governance Standards?16.8. Question 8: Do You Know Where Your Business Rules Are?16.9. Question 9: Is Your Corporate Data Flexible, and Do You Trust Its Quality?16.10. Question 10: Can You Connect Your Software Assets to Entities outside the Organization?16.11. What's Your Score?
17. Making Sure SOA Happens
17.1. The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself . . .17.2. The Quality of Service Is Not Strained17.3. Failure to Comply?17.4. Educating Rita and Peter and Raul and Ginger17.5. Picky, Picky, Picky17.6. Revolutionizing IT17.7. Foster Creativity with a Leash17.8. Banishing Blame17.9. Document and Market17.10. Plan for Success
18. SOA Quick Start: Entry Points for Starting the SOA Journey
18.1. Map Your Organization's Business Structure18.2. Pick Your Initial SOA Targets to Gain Experience and Demonstrate Success18.3. Prepare Your Organization for SOA18.3.1. IT developers need a different approach18.3.2. Business managers need to look beyond their own departments18.4. Business Partners Are Part of the SOA Success Story18.5. Don't Enter SOA Alone18.6. Off to the Races
V. Real Life with SOA
19. Big Blue SOA
19.1. IBM and SOA19.2. Seeing SOA19.3. SOA at Delaware Electric19.3.1. Looking to IT to solve business problems19.3.2. No need to go it alone19.3.3. The journey continues19.3.4. Summing up19.4. NYSE SOA19.4.1. Business challenges at the NYSE19.4.2. Getting started with SOA19.4.3. Paying for services19.4.4. Managing services19.4.5. SOA helps developers19.4.6. SOA helps the business19.4.7. NYSE summary
20. SOA According to Hewlett-Packard
20.1. What Does HP Offer for SOA?20.2. The SOA World à la HP20.3. Swiss SOA, Courtesy of HP20.3.1. Business challenges20.3.2. Technical challenges20.3.3. The move to SOA20.3.4. Best practices20.3.5. Next steps
21. SOA According to BEA
21.1. BEA Knows the Way to San Jose21.1.1. BEAginning SOA21.1.2. Blended development21.2. The BEAig picture — SOA Reference Architecture21.3. SOA City21.3.1. The business problem21.3.2. The technical problem21.3.3. Getting started with SOA21.3.4. It's Alive!: Creating living, breathing business services21.3.5. Life in the city departments after SOA21.3.6. Getting on the bus21.3.7. Steps to success21.3.8. What's next?21.3.9. Summary
22. Progress with SOA
22.1. A Progress-ive Approach to SOA22.2. Progress Proffers SOA22.3. Accommodating SOA: Starwood Hotels22.3.1. The business challenges22.3.2. The technical challenges22.3.3. Starwood goes SOA22.3.4. "Find a hotel property in Florida"22.3.5. Discipline and SOA
23. The Oracle at SOA
23.1. SOA Fusion23.2. The Oracle SOA Reference Architecture23.3. Oracle SOA@work23.3.1. The business problem23.3.2. The technical problem23.3.3. Getting started with SOA23.3.4. Monitoring the health of a SOA23.3.5. Next steps
24. Microsoft and SOA
24.1. Banking on SOA24.1.1. The business problem24.1.2. The SOA solution24.1.3. Expanding opportunities for growth with SOA24.1.4. Working with Geniant and Microsoft technology24.1.5. Creating business services
25. SAP SOA
25.1. You and Me and SAP25.2. Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture25.3. Whirlpool Does SOA25.3.1. Whirlpool IT ponders the problem25.3.2. Making Whirlpool work better on the Web
26. (J)Bossing SOA
26.1. Who's da Boss?26.1.1. SOA for everyone26.1.2. Looking at JEMS26.1.3. JBoss service offerings26.2. The JBoss View26.3. Polking around SOA26.3.1. The business challenge26.3.2. The IT challenge26.3.3. The move to SOA26.3.4. Decoding a vehicle26.3.5. The business impact
VI. The Part of Tens
27. Ten Swell SOA Resources
27.1. Hurwitz & Associates27.2. Finding OASIS27.3. The Eclipse Foundation27.4. soamodeling.org27.5. The SOA Institute27.6. Loosely Coupled27.7. The SOA Pipeline27.8. Manageability27.9. SOA Design Principles from Microsoft27.10. ServiceOrientation.org
28. And That's Not All! Even More SOA Vendors
28.1. Integration Providers28.1.1. TIBCO Software28.1.2. IONA Technologies28.1.3. Software AG28.1.4. Sun Microsystems, Inc.28.2. SOA Quality Assurance Vendors28.2.1. Parasoft Corporation28.2.2. Mindreef, Inc.28.2.3. iTKO, Inc.28.3. Registry/Repository/Governance Vendors28.3.1. Mercury Interactive(Systinet Division)28.3.2. Infravio28.3.3. LogicLibrary, Inc.28.3.4. SOA Software28.4. SOA Systems and Application Management Vendors28.4.1. AmberPoint28.4.2. CA28.4.3. Reactivity, Inc.28.5. SOA Information Management Vendors28.5.1. Informatica Corporation28.5.2. iWay Software28.5.3. MetaMatrix28.6. Specialized SOA Business Services28.6.1. SEEC28.6.2. Webify
29. Ten SOA No-Nos
29.1. Don't Boil the Ocean29.2. Don't Confuse SOA with an IT Initiative29.3. Don't Go It Alone29.4. Don't Think You're So Special29.5. Don't Neglect Governance29.6. Don't Forget about Security29.7. Don't Apply SOA to Everything29.8. Don't Start from Scratch29.9. Don't Postpone SOA
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SOA is the most important initiative facing IT today and is difficult to grasp; this book demystifies the complex topic of SOA and makes it accessible to all those people who hear the term but aren't really sure what it means
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