This advanced reference shows how to balance the delivery of immediate business value while creating long-term strategic capability. The book details the fundamentals of service-oriented architectures (find, bind and execute), and the four aspects to SOA (Production, Consumption, Management and Provisioning), and shows how to implement them in the just-in-time world of 21st Century business. The authors, all leaders in business innovation, discuss integration challenges and common errors, and offer guidance on building enterprise class services right - the first time. Includes dozens of examples of architectures, procedures and practical guidelines.