Service-Oriented Architecture

Businesses of today are being forced to respond faster to competitive and customer challenges and are looking to IT to be a differentiator providing flexibility and speed as they address complex business forces. Forced to deliver more, faster, IT managers are looking at technology foundations that provide both agility and reduced cost, and Service-oriented architecture is touted as the silver bullet by industry analysts and the IT press.

With an SOA approach, your IT organisation will focus more resources and budget on innovation and on delivering new business services.

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SOA Core Benefits

• •  Reduce development time and cost — SOA services are easily reused and can be rapidly assembled into new, composite applications
• •  Lower maintenance costs — Reusable services reduce the number and internal complexity of IT services
• •  Higher quality services — Increased service reuse creates higher-quality services through multiple testing cycles from different service consumers
• •  Lower integration costs — Standardized services know how to work together, enabling disparate applications to quickly and easily connect
• •  Reduce risk — Fewer, reusable services provide greater control over corporate and IT governance policies and reduce the overall compliance risk

Spectrum of common Questions about SOA Benefits

Even though companies of all sizes and in almost all industries have adopted SOA, many IT professionals are trying to put this latest buzz about SOA into perspective. Some are still sceptical and want to understand exactly why SOA is superior to traditional software development approaches.

They are tired of buzzwords and want concrete examples of the power of SOA. Others are convinced and eager to start practicing SOA, but are unsure how and where to start. They are looking for practical advice about the kind of project to use as an SOA pilot—where to find the SOA "sweet spot" that will help them become successful.

Other IT professionals find themselves tasked with their company’s first SOA project and are struggling with the new world of SOA. To deliver on the promise of SOA, they need to know how to avoid potential pitfalls and maximize the value of SOA. They also need metrics to measure the impact on the business they achieved by using SOA.

It is the goal of this Business Software Resource Centre to address these common questions.