Pro WCF: Practical Microsoft SOA Implementation

Introducing Service-Oriented Architecture

In today's world, implementing distributed systems that provide business value in a reliable fashion presents many challenges. We take many features for granted when developing nondistributed systems that can become issues when working with disparate distributed systems. Although some of thesechallenges are obvious (such as a loss of connectivity leading to data being lost or corrupted), for other aspects such as tightly coupled systems thedependencies between the various components of a system make it cost prohibitive to make changes as needed to meet the demands of the business.

Business processes quite often are supported by systems that are running on different platforms and technologies both within ...