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 2006-2007, SOA Systems Inc. http://www.soamag.com/I36/0210-1.php Although SOA has been around for years confusion still remains on what "SOA" truly is. For many, embarking upon learning SOA often results in too much upfront detail and information to sort through finding themselves immersed in an overwhelming spell of acronyms and related technologies. Unfortunately the road to understanding SOA leads many into ambiguity and mental fatigue. I've received many requests to provide a high level "forest from the trees" review of SOA. One that provides a non technical manager (or SOA beginner) with a presentation of the fundamentals without the technical implementation details and related technologies that would otherwise confuse those who just want to learn the basics... SOA http://www.soamag.com/contributors/bio-spark.php#When:02.02.10