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Useful SOA Bookshelf

Shawn Simon — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:47:24 +0000

My Professional Library is speaking out! A listing of print resources new and old, they made it to my top shelf. Some have dropped off the list and new ones added, but all together, this compilation should prove to be very valuable to those of you who still read. However, I don’t believe the Kindle will be of much help with these reference materials – get the real thing. My hope is to one day, provide some short reviews on each with my personal SOA flare, but for now – trust me or lean on Amazon.

SOA Technical

The technical know-how books vital to SOA design and implementation.

The “Erl” Suite
- SOA Design Patterns
- Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts
- Service-Oriented Architecture: A Field Guide
- SOA Principals of Service Design
- Web Service Contract for SOA
Enterprise SOA: Service-Oriented Architecture Best Practices

SOA Business

The business-savvy books that help illuminate the value proposition.

SOA Governance
The New Language of Business: SOA and Web 2.0
Service-Oriented Architecture Compass
Succeeding with SOA
SOA for Dummies - ok I know, I know, but this book makes at least one solid point early on

SOA Ancillary

Some related material that I have found quite helpful for integration challenges.

Enterprise Master Data Management: An SOA Approach
RESTful Web Services
Continuos Integration: Improving Software Quality
Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity
Pattern Oriented Software Architecture (V1)
97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know

SOA Foundational

SOA is chuck-full of standards. Here are some key groundwork type of material.

Useful SOA Web Resources

Shawn Simon — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:34:06 +0000

Are you tangled in the web? Having trouble finding quality places to visit to inform you about SOA, integration, and IT in general? Lost in the Google paginator? Here is my list (updated regularly) of popular sites, blogs, groups and other things is check out on the web. Please comment me on places I left out.

Institutional

Here are the major players:

SOA World Mag – http://soa.sys-con.com
eBizQ – http://www.ebizq.net/
ZDNet – http://www.zdnet.com/
ZapThink – http://www.zapthink.com/
The SOA Mag – http://soamag.com/
InfoQ – http://www.infoq.com/soa

Personal Favorites

Here are some specific blogs I check out:

Dave Linthicum – http://www.infoworld.com/blogs/dave-linthicum
Marc Rix – http://chaoticit.blogspot.com/
Alastair Bathgate – http://www.workforceinabox.com/
Johan den Haan- http://www.theenterprisearchitect.eu/
Google Group – http://groups.google.com/group/the-enterprise-architecture-network

Technology

Here, of course, are some darn good technology places everyone should be monitoring:

Slashdot – http://slashdot.org/
InformIT – http://www.informit.com/index.aspx
InfoQ – http://www.infoq.com/
TechCrunch – http://www.techcrunch.com/
All Top List – http://it.alltop.com/

About Shawn P. Simon

Shawn Simon — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:31:46 +0000

Shawn has been exploring enterprise integration technology for the past decade with pioneering clients such as XM Satellite Radio, Southern California Edison, Laureate Education, National Education Association, Volkswagen and Disney.

Emphasizing on emerging technologies while leaning on experience in EAI, B2B and BPM, Shawn aims to standardize and evangelize the Service Oriented Architecture “way” of integration.

Discussing and debating, integration concepts: SOA Maturity and Capabilities Model, Project Delivery, Enterprise Architecture, Value Proposition.

He was recently involved in Web 2.0 assimilation with CMS products accentuating personalization, dynamic delivery, performance and systems’ integration with Oshyn, Inc. He currently is spinning up with the Enterprise Architects at the Department of Homeland Security – ICE Division with Kadix Systems.

Software Development as education…
Technology Engineer at heart…
Project Delivery by trade…
Enterprise Architecture in execution.

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler”
– Einstein

“Software Solutions should solve problems not create them.”
– ShawnP

Shawn P. Simon can be reached at ssimon@kadix.com

Invite Me to your network…

For information about commercial solutions in the SOA Space, seek out Oshyn dot com.
Oshyn, Inc. is a leading provider of consulting services worldwide in the arena of Web 2.0, WCM, RIA and SOA.

For information about Federal solutions in the SOA Space, seek out Kadix dot com.
Kadix Systems (a DRC company) is a leading provider of management consulting to the federal government with an emphasis on organization change and information systems.

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