SOA Governance in Action

Acknowledgments

Writing a book is a long and difficult effort. I couldn’t have done this without the support and hard work of many others. There are many people I’d like to thank:

• Michael Stephens at Manning who helped me with the initial proposal. Without his help this book wouldn’t have seen the light of day.
• My technical proofreader, Niek Palm, who worked tirelessly during the holiday period to meticulously work through the examples and the content. I appreciate that he always spoke his mind, and didn’t always agree with me or with what I’d written.
• My copyeditor Linda Rechtenwald for her hard work translating my non-native written English to readable text. You wouldn’t believe how many times she corrected my errors.
• Katie Tennant and ...