I have been searching for tutorials, blog articles over internet, about SOA. I came across this great link which explains SOA in pure and plain english. Go through this link to understand what SOA is all about:
https://blogs.oracle.com/SOA/entry/how_to_describe_soa_to
Listen to this 5 min video to get an idea about SOA basic concepts.
It is very nice article
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