Based in San Diego, Brian Loesgen is a principal consultant with Neudesic, a firm that specializes in .NET development and Microsoft server integration. A Microsoft MVP for BizTalk Server 2004, Brian has over 18 years of experience in building advanced enterprise and mobile solutions. He's a coauthor of six books, including the recent "BizTalk Server 2004 Unleashed," and has written technical white papers for Intel, Microsoft and others. Brian has spoken at numerous major technical conferences worldwide and is a cofounder and past President of the International .NET Association (ineta.org). He is the president of the San Diego .NET user group, leads the San Diego Software Industry Council Web Services SIG, and is a member of the Editorial Board for .NET Developer's Journal. Brian is also a member of the Microsoft BPI Virtual Technical Specialist Team. Brian's blog is http://blogs.ineta.org/bloesgen.
As all architects and developers know, the tenets of service-oriented architecture call for breaking large monolithic processes into more granular, purpose-specific blocks of functionality that solve specific needs, and exposing those as services. This is not really new thinking. Langu...Oct. 31, 2005 02:00 PM EST Reads: 15,214 Replies: 2
