Get started

Get started

Bring yourself up to speed with our introductory content.

• Win SOA Design Patterns book

  Answer this question about the origin of design patterns and win a copy of Thomas Erl's acclaimed book "SOA Design Patterns." Continue Reading

• BPM Resource Guide

  What's happening with Business Process Management? Find out with this resource guide that covers latest news on BPM tools, initiatives and platforms. Continue Reading

• Lightweight Framework Resource Guide

  This Lightweight Framework Resource Guide covers the latest news on Ruby on Rails, GlassFish, Spring and Plain Old Java Objects (POJO). Continue Reading

• transcoding

  Transcoding is the ability to adapt digital files so that content can be viewed on different playback devices. Continue Reading

• SOA: What do you know?

  You know a thing or two about SOA and enterprise architecture. You've read the latest news about SOA and now it's time to find out how much you know. Take this interactive quiz and be entered to win a $100 Amazon.com gift card. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • WSO2
  • dependency injection
  • open API (public API)
  • source code

  • user interface (UI)
  • REST (REpresentational State Transfer)
  • RESTful API (REST API)
  • application program interface (API)

  View All Definitions

• SOA Data Integration Tutorial

  This SearchSOA.com tutorial will focus on information that shows you how to think about data integration inside a service-oriented architecture. It will cover data services, data governance, XML, REST, data mashups, business intelligence (BI), ...Continue Reading

• Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Tutorial

  SOAP has gained status as a common messaging protocol in Web services and SOA projects. This SOAP tutorial provides insight as to what SOAP standard is and when to use it. SOAP basics, how it compares to REST, SOAP attachments and how SOAP functions...Continue Reading

• WSTx (Web Services Transactions)

  WSTx (Web Services Transaction) is a set of XML markup specifications designed to permit the use of open, standard protocols for secure, reliable transactions across the Web... (Continued)Continue Reading

• business event management

  Business event management is the practice of incorporating business logic into labeling events, communicating events and handling events... (Continued)Continue Reading

• event handling

  Event handling is the receipt of an event at some event handler from an event producer and subsequent processes... (Continued)Continue Reading

• event handler

  An event handler is a callback routine that operates asynchronously and handles inputs received into a program... (Continued)Continue Reading

• SOA networking

  SOA networking is the use of the service-oriented architecture (SOA) model to enhance the capabilities of networks that use Web services... (Continued)Continue Reading

• SOA lifecycle quiz – assembly

  This quiz delves into the best practices of assembly during the SOA Lifecycle, focusing on integration, reuse and orchestration.Continue Reading

• SOA repository

  An SOA repository is a database containing the software and metadata that constitute an SOA registry... (Continued)Continue Reading

• SOA governance

  SOA governance refers to the processes used to oversee and control the adoption and implementation of service-oriented architecture (SOA) in accordance with recognized practices, principles and government regulations... (Continued)Continue Reading