Web Services, Service-Oriented Architectures, and Cloud Computing: The Savvy Manager's Guide (The Savvy Manager's Guides) - Tapa blanda

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Douglas K. Barry specializes in enterprise architecture with an emphasis in service-oriented architecture, database systems, and object technology, His practice is aimed at accelerating your understanding and use of software technology. He is an author, columnist, guest lecturer, international speaker, and mentor. Mr. Barry has consulted to over 80 companies operating in the areas of finance, stock trading, computer-aided design, telecommunications, electronic catalogs, software development, manufacturing, and military applications.

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Today s business world is becoming more nimble with the widespread adoption of technologies like Web services, service-oriented architecture (SOA), and cloud computing. This IT evolution is enabling lower cost of design, deployment, and maintenance for the systems and services that support business processes.

Web Services, Service-Oriented Architectures, and Cloud Computing gives you the insight into how these technologies can move your company forward, how to take advantage of these infrastructures and technologies, and how to not only make knowledgeable decisions with your IT team, but to lead them in the right direction.

• Approachable. This non-technical book assumes no prior knowledge of the technology discussed within. Using easy-to-understand examples, technical details are progressively introduced and explained so that you can stop reading once you understand what you need to know.

• Expert Advice. Learn how to manage the change needed for Web services, service-oriented architectures, and cloud computing. As part of managing change, this book introduces an incremental SOA analysis to improve the project selection process and improve the chance of success for the selected project.

• Fully Updated. This thoroughly updated 2^nd edition expands on the forces driving the adoption of Web services and SOA to include cloud computing. It shows how cloud computing intensifies forces driving the adoption of SOA.