Usually, there aren’t a lot of books published on specific products as the software release cycle tends to be faster than the publishing industry can keep up with and information gets out of date quickly. I was surprised when I saw that a new book about Business Integration with IBM software was released: WebSphere Business Integration Primer: Process Server, BPEL, SCA, and SOA (The developerWorks Series).

I haven’t had a chance to get a copy of the book for review. However, I’m highly confident that it is a must read for anyone working on this product stack. Why? Because I’ve had the opportunity in my career to work with Vinod Jessani, Ashok Iyengar and Michele Chilanti. They are amongst the very top IBM consultants on this technology. A quick search of DeveloperWorks will show that they’ve published many articles (Michele has a great article on setting up a cluster that I’ll review later) and are proven authors.

I expect that this book will be a great resource for both new and experienced Business Integration specialists.