http://www.soamag.com The SOA Magazine is a monthly online publication provided by SOA Systems Inc. and Prentice Hall/PearsonPTR and is officially associated with the "Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl." SOA en-us Copyright 2006-2009, SOA Systems Inc. http://soamag.com/I26/0223-3.asp This article explores options available for service-oriented architecture implementations to address distributed service transaction requirements when support for standards like WS-Coordination and WS-AtomicTransaction are not available. An Auditing Service example is discussed to establish a problem state and four separate alternative solutions (including the use of compensating transaction logic) are then described and compared in relation to their support for common service-orientation principles and in relation to their long-term governance impacts SOA http://www.soamag.com/contributors/bio-ktripathi.asp#When:28.02.09 http://www.soamag.com/I24/1208-2.asp For many organizations, auditing is a crucial task that needs to be performed on a regular basis to stay on top of various activities and to remain compliant with regulations. This article explores the auditing of messages in a typical service-oriented system implementation. A case is built for having a system for auditing messages, followed by an exploration of the requirements this type of system can address. A candidate architecture and design of the system is the provided, concluding how the original goals can be attained. Finally some examples are given and some caveats are highlighted. SOA http://www.soamag.com/contributors/bio-ktripathi.asp#When:18.12.08