There are three SOA certification programs aimed at architects put on by IBM, BEA and ZapThink. While the early exams for the software vendor’s start off somewhat technology agnostic the advanced exams become technology specific. BEA’s exams for some reason cover BEA WebLogic Integration and not the AquaLogic service bus and BPM product from the current description on the web.

The ZapThink exam is technology agnostic and has a training curriculum aimed at differing skill levels. I cannot comment on how well this certification has been accepted in the industry, but ZapThink is well known within the SOA community. The ZapThink bootcamp agenda will give you a feel for the topics covered, for example SOA business value and governance frameworks are covered.

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