Dr. Johannes Helbig is considered among the first to have formulated the concept of a service-oriented architecture, and is father of the SOA program at Deutsche Post, where he currently serves as member of the board and CIO of the MAIL division. He holds a doctoral degree in theoretical computer science and his main interests include IT architecture and IT management.
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), desc...Dec. 27, 2005 09:15 PM EST Reads: 32,853 Replies: 1
