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Thomas is the world's top-selling SOA author and the Series Editor of the Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl. Over 80,000 copies of his books are in print world-wide.
Below are brief descriptions of his books and the book series. For more information and sample chapters, visit www.soabooks.com.
Service-Oriented Architecture:
A Field Guide to Integrating XML and Web Services


This reference guide provides an large collection of integration strategies as well as comprehensive documentation of service-oriented integration architectures. Originally released in April, 2004 this book was formally reviewed and endorsed by senior members of Microsoft and IBM.

Service-Oriented Architecture:
Concepts, Technology, and Design


In August, 2005 Thomas released the first "how-to" guide to SOA. This title establishes a mainstream methodology for building services and service-oriented solutions and provides structured processes for service-oriented analysis and service-oriented design. This title was formally reviewed and endorsed by senior members of IBM, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems.

SOA: Principles of Service Design

In July, 2007 Thomas released the first book dedicated to service engineering and establishing service-orientation as a design paradigm. This hands-on manual for service design establishes concrete links between specific service-orientation design principles and the strategic goals and benefits associated with SOA. Prior to its publication, the manuscript underwent a thorough technical review by 60 industry professionals. The book received praise and endorsements from members of IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, BEA, Sun, Intel, SAP, and HP (see here for a list of review quotes).

SOA Design Patterns

Thomas' next title will provide pattern languages and specialized pattern catalogs for architectural and service design patterns specific to SOA and service-orientation.

This title is scheduled for release in early 2008. More information is available at www.soapatterns.com.
Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series
from Thomas Erl


As Series Editor of the Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl, Thomas is working with over 20 authors on five additional titles, scheduled for release throughout 2008.

   
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