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Summary: This Book Rocks!
Review: I need to run an EAI project, knew nothing about EAI. Yikes! This book provides the right information, in the right order, and in a way the reader can understand it. It took me about a week to get through it and it was like taking a course in EAI. I keep the book in my desk so nobody knows how I got this smart so quick. Best $40 I've spent recently.
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Summary: Great EAI Book!
Review: I purchased this book to get a good EAI education and this book was spot on. The author does a good job in breaking EAI down to its component parts, and provides just enough technical detail to be helpful but not confusing. The graphics are very helpful. If you want to understand what EAI is, this is the book for you.
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Summary: Nothing concrete, too high-level for a mortal to benefit.
Review: I read the book a year ago when it happened to be the only such book out there. My comment, simply put: it doesn't worth your time. if you don't know what EAI is about, you will still be so after reading it; if you already know a little bit, you won't know more. My recommendation: read the book "IT Architecture and Middleware" from Chris Britton instead, which is the only non-nonsense book under this subject I have encounted so far. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Summary: Great Book for the New Guy
Review: I recently completed an EAI project and read this book to get a greater insight into this evolving field. David Linthicum gives a great overview of EAI and the various components that are involved. It is a fast and easy read with lots of cool illustrations. I did not get bogged down at all and came away with a good high level view of EAI. For a book written over 3 years ago, my hat is off to David for writing a book that is still so current. Good insight into the 4 main types of EAI, Message Brokers, Java, XML/XSLT, Distributed Objects, Integrating ERP's (ie. SAP, PeopleSoft), and other topics too.
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Summary: Great EAI Primer!
Review: I recently completed an EAI project and read this book to get a greater insight into this evolving field. David Linthicum gives a great overview of EAI and the various components that are involved. It is a fast and easy read with lots of cool illustrations. I did not get bogged down at all and came away with a good high level view of EAI. For a book written over 3 years ago, my hat is off to David for writing a book that is still so current. Good insight into the 4 main types of EAI, Message Brokers, Java, XML/XSLT, Distributed Objects, Integrating ERP's (ie. SAP, PeopleSoft), and other topics too.
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Summary: Got to Read This One If EAI Is In Your Future
Review: I'm new to all of this, but I found that this book is the best way to begin the journey towards EAI. What I enjoyed most about this book is author's ability to put complex concepts into perceptive, and the figures are easy to follow. I found Chapter 6 very useful in defining a "step-to-step" approach to EAI, and found the chapter on message brokers to be extremely informative. Overall this is a great book, and I recommend it to anyone interested in this topic.
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Summary: Great Book for the New Guy
Review: Just getting going in this world and this book was my Bible. The book does a great job explaining this complex stuff from the very basics to the more sophisticated topics. I found the book to be exactly what I needed, albeit a bit pricy.
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Summary: I finally got a clear understanding of EAI
Review: Recently, many people and many software vendors have talked about EAI, but no one has seemed to use the word in the same meaning. I finally found what they are talked about, after I read this comprehensive book. It presents a layer model of the some different level of EAI, which helps you understand clearly.
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Summary: Condescending
Review: Save your packing slip as you'll likely return this one. I just couldn't get past all the computer images with smiley faces on them and legs and feet attached. As you turn just about every page, you're greeted with some computer or database or middleware, etc, represented with these idiotic caricatures. The text to go along with these pictures is slightly more cerebral, but you'll likely find yourself skipping blocks of pages at a time.
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Summary: The technology world never stands still....
Review: The technology world never stands still....making the integration of technology an inevitable task for any IT Architect. In this book, David helps technologists understand the issues, and provides clear guidance as to how to design an integration architecture.
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