Mark Richards is a director and senior solutions architect at Collaborative Consulting, LLC, where he is involved in the architecture and design of large-scale Service Oriented Architectures in J2EE and other technologies, primarily in the financial services industry. He served as the president of the Boston Java User Group in 1997 and 1998, and the president of the New England Java Users Group from 1999 to 2004. He is the author of several technical books, and speaks at conferences around the country. Prior to joining Collaborative Consulting Mark served as an executive IT architect at IBM with a focus on SOA in the financial services industry.
It's hard to think about service-oriented architecture without thinking of
services; after all, services are the main focus of SOA (it's even in the
name). If service-oriented architecture is an approach where the business and
technical architecture is oriented around services, then what exactly is a
service? Unfortunately, the answer to this question varies greatly depending
on whom you talk to and how you're using SOA in your organization. This
variation tends to create quite a bit of confusion when trying to design and
implement a SOA-based solution.
There are several excellent service-oriented methodologies available today,
most of which describe processes for identifying, defining, specifying,
implementing, and governing services. While these methodologies provide the
direction and tools necessary to help realize SOA in your organization, they
don't address th... (more)
Mark Richards is a director and senior solutions architect at Collaborative Consulting, LLC, where he is involved in the architecture and design of large-scale Service Oriented Architectures in J2EE and other technologies, primarily in the financial services industry. He served as the president of the Boston Java User Group in 1997 and 1998, and the president of the New England Java Users Group from 1999 to 2004. He is the author of several technical books, and speaks at conferences around the country. Prior to joining Collaborative Consulting Mark served as an executive IT architect at IBM with a focus on SOA in the financial services industry.
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