SOA is the most important initiative facing IT today and difficult to understand, this book demystifies the complex topic of SOA and makes it accessible to all who hear the term but not really sure what it means to this team of respected authors explains that SOA is a collection of applications that enable resources will be available to other participants in the network using technology-based service Examine how SOA enables application development faster and cheaper and how it offers reusable code that can be used in various applications Covers what SOA, why is it important, how it can affect business , and how to take steps to implement SOA in an enterprise environment