Enterprise SOA: Designing IT for Business Innovation

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Software Engineering Enterprise SOA "For Enterprise Architects, Business Analysts, and those in the partner community who want to gain a greater understanding of SAP's ESA, this book is a must-read because it bridges the gap between technology and business process innovation." Paul Kurchina, Director KurMeta and Chair North American SAP Enterprise Architecture Community "This book explains-in more detail than ever before-what Enterprise Services Architecture is, and how SAP is bringing the concept to life in all its products as a platform supported by an ecosystem." Raghavendra Pothula, Deloitte Consulting, India "If you are an Enterprise or Solution Architect then drop any SO/4 talk and understand the concept of ESA from SAP. You will get there quicker!" Pau| Tay|or) Kraft Europe UK Information Technology professionals can use this book to move beyond the excitement of web services and service-oriented architecture (SOA) and begin the process of finding actionable ideas to innovate... Tovább

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Software Engineering Enterprise SOA "For Enterprise Architects, Business Analysts, and those in the partner community who want to gain a greater understanding of SAP's ESA, this book is a must-read because it bridges the gap between technology and business process innovation." Paul Kurchina, Director KurMeta and Chair North American SAP Enterprise Architecture Community "This book explains-in more detail than ever before-what Enterprise Services Architecture is, and how SAP is bringing the concept to life in all its products as a platform supported by an ecosystem." Raghavendra Pothula, Deloitte Consulting, India "If you are an Enterprise or Solution Architect then drop any SO/4 talk and understand the concept of ESA from SAP. You will get there quicker!" Pau| Tay|or) Kraft Europe UK Information Technology professionals can use this book to move beyond the excitement of web services and service-oriented architecture (SOA) and begin the process of finding actionable ideas to innovate and create business value. This book analyzes Enterprise Services Architecture, SAP's blueprint for putting SOA to work, from top to bottom. In addition, vitai contextual issues such as governance, security, change management, and culture are explored. This comprehensive perspective reduces risk as IT departments implement ESA, a sound, flexible architecture for adapting business processes in response to changing markét conditions. This book answers the following questions: What forces created the need for Enterprise Services Architecture? How does ESA enable business process innovation? How is model-driven development used at all levels of design, configuration, and deployment? How will composite applications extend business process automation? How can companies manage disruptive change? How can enterprise services be discovered and designed? How will the process of adapting applications be simplified? Based on extensive research with experts from the Germán software company SAP, this definitive book is ideál for architects, developers, and other IT professionals who want to understand the technology and business relevance of ESA in a detailed way-especially those who want to move on the technology now, rather than in the next year or two. Thomas Mattern, Solution Marketing Manager for Enterprise Services Architecture at SAP, has over 10 years experience in product marketing and management with a focus on distributed software architectures and enterprise application development. Thomas is a frequent speaker who has written numerous articles about the application of technology to business. Dan Woods is CTO, editor, and founder of the Evolved Media Network, a firm that offers content creation, editorial, and publishing services to information technology, financial, electronic gaming, and biotechnology companies. Dan has authored several books about Java technology, RFID, Enterprise Services Architecture, and open source software. Vissza