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	• Next Generation Application Integration: From Simple Information to Web Services (Addison-Wesley Information ... David S. Linthicum Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003 - 512 pages average customer review:based on 15 reviews view larger image
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Good overview of EAI

Linthicum gives a good overview of integration approaches and middleware technologies. Makes sense of all the options out there.

Good book needs better editor..

I've read this book making notes. I was new to Application Integration but now have a firm grip on the subject. I did need to put my notes in a more comprehensive order though, the book is jumping back and forth and doesn't have a coherend style of comparing(for instance Synchronous versus asynchronous is compared, Direct communication is separated from Queued communication though etc.) maybe there wasn't an editor firmiliar with the subject.

This book definitaly needs an update, it looks like it's predictions are coming true at last. Now there's a chance for re-editing at the same time, this book deserves it!

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Text for Technology & Project Managers

Linthicum writes a comprehensive text for technology managers. The 500-page book describes the world of EAI in detail with an emphasis on web services. It covers the benefits and limitations of web services, provides examples of where to use and not use them, and introduces standards with an emphasis on XML. The book encourages IT to make the much-needed shift from an information to a service-orientation. As such, a considerable part of the book dedicated to emerging EAI styles, such as SOA (Service Oriented Architecture), which requires IT to think in business terms and promises to speed development and decrease integration time when correctly implemented. Coders and those looking for technical information on standards should look elsewhere. The book contains many diagrams that are crude but effective. The writing style is unrefined and repetitive. This can be overlooked if you're willing to skim through them.

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