Understanding Enterprise Soa

This is the first time I have created a review but I felt compelled to offset the 1 person out of 12 who gave this book a bad rating. I can't imagine a better more concise inrtroduction to this subject. I can't understand what would motivate somone to give this book a bad review. The title of the book is UNDERSTANDING Enterprise SOA not EXPERT'S guide to Enterprise SOA and it is so well written with such great diagrams that even a non-IT person could understand the material. The examples ARE real and in fact almost EXACTLY mirror the environment of my current company - in fact it will serve as a valuable road map going forward. If you want to understand this stuff and not get lost in all the vendor self serving hype GET THIS BOOK PERIOD!

Understanding Enterprise SOA is well written and very informative. Using the example company and all the other examples and illustrations makes this a refreshing read.

As a professional in the media industry, I find the issues raised in this book to be highly relevant as the industry struggles to keep up with the pace of technological change.

SOA has become this buzzword everywhere recently, but it's been hard to grasp what the fuss is about. This book helped me understand why the new app-to-app XML standards will make a big difference in how most businesses operate. The authors have hands-on experience and an informative, easy-to-follow style.

I have read a quite a few books on the topic, as I'm exploring next generation enterprise information systems for my employer. This book offered me some good insight as to how an SOA can be applied to my business. The book also offers a concise history of the technologies that lead to SOA, and offers some well written case study analysis. I would recommend the book to anyone who wants a solid overview of the space from people who clearly know what they are talking about.