Web Services, Service-Oriented Architectures, and Cloud Computing, 2nd Edition

Web Services, Service-Oriented Architectures, and Cloud Computing, Second Edition: The Savvy Manager’s Guide (The Savvy Manager’s Guides)

Web Services, Service-Oriented Architectures, and Cloud Computing is a jargon-free, highly illustrated explanation of how to leverage the rapidly multiplying services available on the Internet. The future of business will depend on software agents, mobile devices, public and private clouds, big data, and other highly connected technology. IT professionals will need to evaluate and combine online services into service-oriented architectures (SOA), often depending on Web services and cloud computing. This can mean a fundamental shift away from custom software and towards a more nimble use of semantic vocabularies, middle-tier systems, adapters and other standardizing aspects.

This book is a guide for the savvy manager who wants to capitalize on this technological revolution. It begins with a high-level example of how an average person might interact with a service-oriented architecture, and progresses to more detail, discussing technical forces driving adoption and how to manage technology, culture and personnel issues that can arise during adoption. An extensive reference section provides quick access to commonly used terms and concepts.

• Broad, non-technical explanation of a technical topic for managers at all levels
• Only web services book to cover data management and software engineering perspectives; excellent resource for all members of IT teams
• Provides a set of leadership principles and suggested applications for using this technology

Table of Contents

Part I: Overview of Web Services, Service-Oriented Architecture, and Cloud Computing
Chapter 1. A Business Trip in the Not-Too-Distant Future
Chapter 2. Information Technology Used in This Trip
Chapter 3. Web Services and Service-Oriented Architectures
Chapter 4. Cloud Computing

Part II: Technical Forces Driving the Adoption of Web Services, Service-Oriented Architectures, and Cloud Computing
Chapter 5. Technical Forces Driving the Adoption of Webservices
Chapter 6. Technical Forces Driving the Adoption of a Service-Oriented Architecture
Chapter 7. Technical Forces Driving the Adoption of Cloud Computing

Part III: Managing Change Needed for Web Services, Service-Oriented Architectures, and Cloud Computing
Chapter 8. Change Issues Affecting the Adoption of Web Services, Service-Oriented Architectures, and Cloud Computing
Chapter 9. Tips for Managing Change Issues during Development
Chapter 10. Managing Change with an Incremental Service-Oriented Architecture

Part IV: Getting Started with Web Services, Service-Oriented Architectures, and Cloud Computing
Chapter 11. Getting Started with Web Services
Chapter 12. Getting Started with Service-Oriented Architectures
Chapter 13. Getting Started with Cloud Computing
Chapter 14. Revisiting the Business Trip in the Not-Too-Distant Future

Part V: Reference Guide
Chapter 15. Semantic Vocabularies
Chapter 16. Terminology