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Title: Enterprise Application Integration Addison-Wesley Information Technology Series) by David Linthicum ISBN: 0-201-61583-5 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Pub. Date: 12 November, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (24 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointing - what but not how, when, where
Comment: A disappointing book that addresses the "what with" but not the when, where and how of EAI. Early chapters are weak. The later ones usefully overview the possible integration levels (database, method level, user interface, etc.), what the tools and aproaches do, and their relative strengths and weaknesses. Very few examples are used and there are no case studies. There are no guidelines or framework of how to plan and select the best EAI approach. Occasionally obscure terms and concepts are used without explanation and the content is never related to a real project situation. The addition of guidelines, EAI selection criteria, real case studies and of short, pithy product reviews would help considerably.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Book for the New Guy
Comment: 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.
Rating: 1
Summary: I'm writing this review for you, the buyer - not me!
Comment: For me to take the time to write a review, I must feel quite passionate (positively or negatively) about an issue. I'm trying to save you money and, even more so, your valuable time in not reading this weak book!
I SO DISLIKE THIS BOOK! I liken it to an HTML book that I bought in 1995 (that is now deep under some land fill). Like the HTML book, almost ALL of this EAI book's verbage is spent on extremely high level concepts and yields little in the way of concrete 'actionable information' that you can actually use. It spends time on the development of the author's own taxonomy of different types of EAI (data-level, app-level, UI-level... ad nauseum). If I saw any useful approaches or code in this book I certainly do not remember it.
IMO, if you want to architect, design, and !DO! EAI do not burn your time on this book. Find another source.
On the other hand, if you are of the type (prevalent in our industry today) who smile a lot, wear the right clothes, and speak with passion and authority on things you know nothing about, you will read this book, learn new buzz words, and write back with your own five-star review. Not me! I need to get things done without flapping my arms.
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Title: Next Generation Application Integration: From Simple Information to Web Services by David S. Linthicum ISBN: 0201844567 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 22 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Enterprise Application Integration: A Wiley Tech Brief by William A. Ruh, Francis X. Maginnis, William J. Brown ISBN: 0471376418 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 13 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: IT Architectures and Middleware: Strategies for Building Large, Integrated Systems by Chris Britton ISBN: 0201709074 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Pub. Date: 15 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Managing Software Requirements: A Unified Approach (The Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series) by Dean Leffingwell, Don Widrig ISBN: 0201615932 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Pub. Date: 28 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Enterprise Integration: An Architecture for Enterprise Application and Systems Integration by Fred A. Cummins ISBN: 0471400106 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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