Enterprise Architectures and Integration Using SOA

Concepts, Methodology and a Toolset

 Amjad Umar, Ph.D.

January 2010

 

General Book Information

- Author: Amjad Umar

- Publisher: NGE Solutions, Publication Date: January 2010, 750 pages

- Includes glossary of terms and index

- Price: $59   

 

 

 

Chapter 1: Network Technologies -- A Tutorial

Chapter 2: Object-Orientation, Java, and UML -- A Tutorial

Chapter 3: Database Technologies and SQL -- A Tutorial

Chapter 8: e-Commerce Platforms and Distributed Transaction Management (Detailed)

 

 

 

 

   

  

BOOK OBJECTIVES AND SALIENT FEATURES

This book is based on corporate experience, consulting assignmentsd, teaching courses upenn, hordham grad school),  and also research on computer aided consulting. This topics and format of the book has been greatly influenced by practical insights gained through numerous consulting assignments and discussions with practitioners from different industry segments and World class organizations such as IBM, the United Nations, and Telcordia Technologies. Development of graduate level courses in this overall space at the university of Pennsylvania, Fordham Graduate School of Business and Harrisburg University of Science and Technology have also influenced this book.

The salient features of this classroom tested book are:    

1.        Emphasis on recent and relevant issues  

2.        Mixture of business and technologies, not just business or pure technology

3.        A systematic approach that defines an enterprise architecture into broad building blocks and then covers each building block in depth (see Exhibit 1)

4.        Several case studies and examples to illustrate the key points. 

5.        A step by step methodology that shows how all the pieces fit together

6.       A computer aided decision support system (PISA) that can be used in classroom exercises

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS


PREFACE

 

SUGGESTED USAGE IN A COURSE

 

ACRONYMS

 

MODULE (OVERVIEW): The Big Picture

Chapter 1: Enterprise Architectures and Integration – The Big Picture 

 

MODULE (ENTERPRISE):  Business Architectures and Application Architectures

Chapter 2:  Business Architectures: Business Strategies,  Processes  and Structures

Chapter 3: Enterprise Applications and Enterprise Application Architectures

Chapter 4: ERP Systems:  Portals, CRMs, Procurement and Supply Chain Management Systems

 

MODULE (TECHNOLOGIES): Technology Architectures

Chapter 5: Overview of Enabling Technologies and Technology Architectures

Chapter 6: Web, XML and Semantic Web

Chapter 7: Web 2.0, Social Networks and Web Services 

Chapter 8: e-Commerce Platforms and Distributed Transaction Management 

               

MODULE (INTEGRATION): Integrated Architectures Through SOA 

Chapter 9:  Service Oriented Architectures and Web Services 

Chapter 10: Enterprise Application Integration  through SOA

Chapter 11: B2B Trade and B2B Integration Using SOA

Chapter 12: Reengineering for SOA: Reuse, Migration & Warehousing Strategies  based on Cost, Performance & Security

Chapter 13: Integration with Mobile Users – The Wireless Integration 

                                                               

MODULE (TUTORIALS): Tutorials on Basic Technologies (available on author website)

Chapter 1: Network Technologies -- A Tutorial

Chapter 2: Object-Orientation, Java, and UML -- A Tutorial

Chapter 3: Database Technologies and SQL -- A Tutorial