Development of service-oriented environments is an evolutionary process for organizations of all sizes. The architecture and design decisions made by system architects and developers will impact manageability and flexibility of service infrastructures. Efficient management of loosely-coupled services requires implementing practices to enable visibility, flexibility and automation of service operations. Questions to be answered in this session: What architectures are common for service deployment and integration? How can services be built for manageablility? Why is operational visibility essential for SOA management? How does SOA Management fit into SOA Governance?
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