Just uploaded a terrific audio interview with Eric Newcomer (CTO of IONA) to the IT Conversations site. Stream or download this complete Transactions 101 from the guy who literally wrote the book: ACID, TP monitors, asynchronous messaging, loose coupling, SOAP, RPC vs. document models, orchestration, and the state and future of standards. (This is a preview. The site goes live on Monday.)
You can find more at Doug’s IT Conversations. I’m about 90% through Loosely Coupled but I’ve been distracted and had to put work in front of play. I hope to finish the book (which I have already learned a ton from) soon and post my thoughts on it.