http://soa.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from Manas Deb en Copyright 2008 SYS-CON Media SYS-CON Media Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:38:09 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss 10 http://soa.sys-con.com/node/164560 In a service-oriented architecture (SOA), a service is a unit of work performed by a service provider to achieve desired results for one or more service consumers. A service provides a function that is well defined, self-contained (for example, loosely coupled to its environment), described solely by its interface contract and behavioral attributes (for example, it hides implementation), and located anywhere on the network.<p><a href="http://soa.sys-con.com/node/164560" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 27 Dec 2005 21:15:00 EST http://soa.sys-con.com/node/164560