SOA service oriented architecture

With service-oriented architecture (SOA), good things don’t come to those who wait. While companies shouldn’t abandon building a business case for SOA, Service Oriented Architecture, they should, in the interest of speed, take a simpler, more intuitive approach.
Unless you’ve been incommunicado for the last few years, you’ve doubtless noticed the extensive press that SOA has recently received. Though the term can be intimidating, the fundamental concept is really quite simple – and very powerful. It’s that to meet your present and projected business needs, you can turn your software applications into “building blocks” that you can infinitely rearrange, and usually at great speed. It gives you a new way not only to “reconfigure” your business, but to connect to suppliers, partners and customers.

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Service-oriented architecture SOA Introduction




service oriented architecture       A practical guide to measuring return on that investment. With service-oriented architecture (SOA), good things don't come to those who wait. While companies shouldn't abandon building a business case for SOA, they should, in the interest of speed, take a simpler, more intuitive approach. Introduction Unless you’ve been incommunicado for the last few years, you’ve doubtless noticed the extensive press that SOA has recently received. Though the term can be intimidating, the fundamental concept is really quite simple – and very powerful. It’s that to meet your present and projected business needs, you can turn your software applications into “building blocks” that you can infinitely rearrange, and usually at great speed. It gives you a new way not only to “reconfigure” your business, but to connect to suppliers, partners and customers. Much like the Internet before it, SOA is sweeping through companies [...]


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The SOA investment analysis framework

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February 23rd, 2009 by admin

We sought to simplify the measurement approach and make it more meaningful by doing several things: establishing a benefits framework specific to SOA, but without adding any predetermined metrics that project managers would need to collect; establishing a cost framework that focuses on limited choices and ways to depict the costs incurred; setting the number [...]


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