SOA

Services Oriented Architecture (commonly abbreviated SOA) is a Software-as-a-Service oriented paradigm for delivering information and communicating messages on the web.

Resources

• Web Services and Service-Oriented Architectures: http://www.service-architecture.com/
• Enterprise Integration Patterns - summary of the 65 SOA Messaging Design Patterns: http://www.eaipatterns.com/docs/jaoo_hohpeg_enterpriseintegrationpatterns.pdf
• SOA Service Design Cheat Sheet: http://java.dzone.com/articles/soa-service-design-cheat-sheet

Tutorials

• Understanding SOA architecture: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13862333/understanding-soa-architecture/13863580#13863580
• Microservices vs SOA -- What's the Difference?: https://dzone.com/articles/microservices-vs-soa-whats-the-difference

External Links

• wikipedia:Service-Oriented Architecture
• wikipedia:SaaS
• Tying things together: http://public.ifbyphone.com/blog/tying-things-together
• Security in the Open Source SOA: http://adi.atosoriginblog.nl/2009/11/17/security-open-source-soa/
• SOA is Dead; Long Live Services: http://apsblog.burtongroup.com/2009/01/soa-is-dead-long-live-services.html
• Is SOA dead ?: http://blog.tmcnet.com/desktop-productivity/2009/01/is_soa_dead.html
• Efficient SOA - Get Out of This Mess with CEP -- Complex-Event Processing Wrings Efficiency from Operations: http://openwebdeveloper.sys-con.com/node/850402
• SOA is the Software Equivalent of a Fast Breeder Nuclear Reactor: http://java.dzone.com/articles/soa-software-equivalent-fast
• Microservices .vs. SOA: https://dzone.com/articles/microservices-vs-soa-2

See Also

ESB | Web Services | SOAP | Cloud Computing | Infrastructure-as-a-Service | Platform-as-a-Service | Software-as-a-Service | Collaboration-as-a-Service