Acknowledgments

To write this book, we relied on the advice, expertise, knowledge, and contribution of a number of our IBM colleagues. Most of them are actively engaged in SOA-based customer projects and IBM software product development.

We would first like to thank the key content contributors to this book. With their substantial effort and deep subject expertise, it was possible to give insights into a broad range of SOA topics. Randy Langel provided input for Chapter 2, “Explaining the Business Value of SOA.” The topic of information and data services was elaborated on by Mei Selvage in Chapter 3, “Architecture Elements.” Greg Flurry and Eoin Lane helped articulate the sample assets in Chapter 6, “Enterprise Solution Assets.” Heather Hinton ...

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