TY - BOOK AU - Josuttis,Nicolai M. TI - SOA in practice: [the art of distributed system design] T2 - Theory in practice SN - 0-596-52955-4 PY - 2007/// CY - Sebastopol PB - O'Reilly KW - Redes de ordenadores KW - Arquitectura de ordenadores N1 - Índice; Bibliografía: p. 285-291 N2 - This book demonstrates service-oriented architecture (SOA) as a concrete discipline rather than a hopeful collection of cloud charts. Built upon the author's firsthand experience rolling out a SOA at a major corporation, SOA in Practice explains how SOA can simplify the creation and maintenance of large-scale applications. Whether your project involves a large set of Web Services-based components, or connects legacy applications to modern business processes, this book clarifies how -- and whether -- SOA fits your needs. SOA has been a vision for years. This book brings it down to earth by describing the real-world problems of implementing and running a SOA in practice. After defining SOA's many facets, examining typical use patterns, and exploring how loose coupling helps build stronger applications, SOA in Practice presents a framework to help you determine when to take advantage of SOA ER -