Part I. SOA and Business Process Management Concepts

Part I introduces the major concepts of service, service-oriented architecture (SOA), and business process management (BPM). This part of the book describes how to develop and implement SOA and BPM solutions using Web services:

  • Addressing the main reasons for investing in an SOA, including rapid integration, multi-channel access, and automated business process management.

  • Focusing on the business and technical benefits of services and service orientation that underpin IT agility.

  • Defining and detailing the features and capabilities of the Web services platform upon which SOA, BPM, and other solutions are built.

  • Introducing Web services orchestration and choreography, including examples of the WS-BPEL ...

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