Built on the author's direct experience of rolling out SOA in a large corporation, SOA in Practice explains how SOA can simplify the creation and maintenance of large-scale applications. Whether your project involves large sets of component-based Web Services, or linking older applications to modern business processes, this book explains how - and whether - SOA fits your needs. SOA has become a vision for many years. After defining SOA's many aspects, 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. In this book you will: Focus squarely on real deployment and technology, not just the standard map business issues Look to see which work with the SOA approach before plastering SOA solution on top of their search path clear for building solutions without trapped in mud Advantage web service changes the details of the experience of a systems analyst intimately involved with SOA "The principles and experiences described in this book played an important role in making SOA at T-Mobile a success story, with more than 10 million service calls per day." - Dr.