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Understanding BizTalk (Other Sams)
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by John Matranga, Stephen Tranchida, and Bart Preecs
Sales Rank: 1725460
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List Price: $29.99
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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Sams March 25, 2000
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0672317877
ISBN-13: 978-0672317873
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
Product Review
E-commerce increasingly means more than business-to-consumer online storefronts. There are myriad opportunities for retailers and suppliers alike to interconnect through business-to-business (or B2B) applications. XML is the key language for the job, and Microsoft's BizTalk--a product family still in its infancy--is shaping up to be a key solution-delivery system. Understanding BizTalk offers an early look at this promising product.
The book is an easy read for anyone moderately familiar with Web technologies. It surveys the challenges of B2B applications nicely with a look at some of the data interconnection approaches in use today. Then it segues smoothly to XML and BizTalk--the meat of the title. The discussion maintains a big picture feel, while still conveying enough details to send you away feeling educated. Plenty of architectural diagrams help illustrate system designs and information flow.
Microsoft development tool jockeys will enjoy the chapter that previews the still unreleased Microsoft Commerce Server 2000--a product that will build on its powerful Site Server Commerce product with a full-fledged implementation of BizTalk. The brief case study of ARAMARK's MyAssistant portal--a sophisticated point of contact for that company's customers and business partners--is a good one. Further case studies would have been helpful, but this still is a good book for any Web developer who wants to get on the B2B train. --Stephen W. Plain
Topics covered: Distributed applications, B2B e-commerce, XML, BizTalk initiative, XML parsers & tools, BizTalk Server, planning BizTalk systems, Microsoft Commerce Server 2000, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), and ARAMARK case study.
Product Description
Understanding BizTalk explains the complexities of Microsoft's newest framework for business to business transactions. This book gives you a look at the 'whole picture' of BizTalk, and its importance to the future of electronic commerce. After completing the book, you will have an understanding of topics including XML's role in the BizTalk Framework, The BizTalk XML tags, BizTalk Schemas, The BizTalk Schema Repository, and BizTalk and the future of e-commerce.
Customer Reviews & Comments
This book come little bit too early. So those tiny information about Biztalk could only cover the JumpStart Kit, instead of a "more complete" Technology Preview / Alpha Version. This book is only for those who need a really quick and high-level introduction on what's Biztalk for. It's not for developers.
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Understanding BizTalk (Other Sams)
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