Some Jargons

it helps knowing few technology jargon
SOA - service oriented architecture
More a architecture design paradigm. A concept, a high level design not much technology focus. But at end of day is has be realized in technology!. There are tons of tools depend on purpose
EDA - event driven architecture
EDA is SOA with event intelligence . Basic technologies which are event aware - JMS, MQ. Pull model Http.
BPM- business process management
Tools - State engines, human workflow engines.
ESB - Enterprise service bus
Tools - Tibco BusinessWorks, ALSB (now OSB) etc. TIBCO BW, Oracle BPEL engine

Note: Like any new concept, SOA has it share of debates. Sometimes I even don't follow questions!. But I know with my experience, depending on use case, what fit where, which concept brings value and are reasonably better.

one two .. here we go.

SOA"service oriented architecture" and EDA "event driven architecture" or extended SOA or I will put acceptable SOA. It is bit abstract, "marketing jargon" , "very business specific" for many people out there. This blog will discuss more implementation aspects of SOA it will include/describe various vendor products. Which i have use over period of time to solve business problem . Idea is to showcase value of solid tools and as a sound architecture approach to make SOA a success.