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Service Oriented Architecture FOR
DUMmIES
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by Judith Hurwitz, Robin Bloor, Carol Baroudi, and Marcia Kaufman
Service Oriented Architecture FOR
DUMmIES
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Service Oriented Architecture FOR
DUMmIES
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by Judith Hurwitz, Robin Bloor, Carol Baroudi, and Marcia Kaufman
Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies® Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River Street Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com
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