Books & Book Launches

Many of the speakers are published SOA authors. In fact, among the speakers there are 40 SOA books that have been published or are in development. This page will soon contain a list of all these current and upcoming books. Furthermore, a variety of contests will be held throughout the conference, during which over 300 books and 400 color posters will be given away to attendees. Many of these books will be newly released titles and the authors will be available for book signings.

The SOA Symposium is proud to be the official event to launch the release of the following new books:

SOA Design Patterns

Book Launch & Ceremony: Oct. 7, 2008 at 16:30 (Hosted by Joe McKendrick).

(Note that Prentice Hall has notified the event that the book may not be in print in time for this launch ceremony. In this case, galleys and vouches for the book will be provided.)

Description: Software design patterns have emerged as an effective means of avoiding and overcoming common design problems and challenges. Nearly three years in development and with contributions by numerous SOA experts, "SOA Design Patterns" presents a formal catalog of 85 design patterns specifically for SOA and service-orientation. With over 400 full-color illustrations, the book provides a visual exploration of patterns, pattern languages, and compound patterns and further includes a study of the different service-oriented architectural types and scopes. (For more information visit: www.soapatterns.com)

"SOA Design Patterns" by Thomas Erl (with external contributions)
(Prentice Hall/Pearson, ISBN: 0136135161, Hardcover, Full-Color, ~ 900 pages)

Web Service Contract Design & Versioning for SOA

Book Launch & Ceremony: Oct. 8, 2008 at 16:30 (Hosted by David Chappell).

Description: For Web services to succeed as part of SOA, they require balanced, effective technical contracts that enable services to be evolved and repeatedly reused for years to come.

Now, a team of industry experts writing for developers, architects, governance specialists, and other IT professionals presents the first end-to-end guide to designing and governing Web service contracts. (For more information visit: www.soabooks.com/wsc/)

"Web Service Contract Design and Versioning for SOA" by Thomas Erl, Anish Karmarkar, Priscilla Walmsley, Hugo Haas, Umit Yalcinalp, Canyang Liu, David Orchard, Andre Tost, James Pasley
(Prentice Hall/Pearson, ISBN: 013613517X, Hardcover, ~800 pages)

Service Oriented Architecture: The Next Phase

Book Launch & Ceremony: Oct. 7, 2008 at 16:30 (Hosted by Thomas Erl).

Description: Many organizations are past the stage of planning for SOA and are now taking their first steps toward actually realizing a service-oriented enterprise. Once you move ahead with an SOA initiative, the pressure to deliver on expectations can be huge. With limited time and no more opportunity to experiment, expert SOA knowledge becomes a critical success factor.

As pioneers in the SOA industry, Ordina has collected a series of best practices and techniques for overcoming common challenges in support of realizing strategic business goals through SOA and service-orientation. For the first time, this expertise has been compiled in this new guide for practitioners.

"Service Oriented Architecture: The Next Phase" by Art Ligthart, Jan-Willem Hubbers, Linda Terlouw and other contributors
(SDU, Hardcover)

"SOA Principles of Service Design" Quiz and Book Giveaway

Prentice Hall has donated 50 signed copies of "SOA Principles of Service Design" to be handed out via a contest draw. Attendees will be asked to complete a short quiz about SOA design principles. Those that get it right will qualify for a free signed copy of this classic title that helped establish the service-orientation design paradigm by documenting a set of industry-standard design principles.

The contest will be held during Thomas Erl's speaker session "The Architecture of Service-Orientation" on October 7th at 10:15 AM.

For more information, visit www.soaprinciples.com