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Two SOA Projects That Can Pay For Themselves in Six Months

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:00:00 EDT

Service oriented architecture (SOA) could revolutionize the way we think about IT. Why is that possible? Because SOA finally has the potential to make the concept of reuse real. Companies have been talking about reuse for years, but have never been able to transform that talk into full-scale reality. Now, you might be asking, 'How can SOA succeed where previous approaches have failed?' Because the standards, best practices and governance models have finally matured to the point where reuse can actually work.

The New Language of Business: SOA & Web 2.0

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:15:00 EDT

Understanding what not to do is just as important as understanding what to do. Understand the value of SOA. SOA is about flexible business processes. It's not just doing the same thing you've done before in a different way. Although you should absolutely approach SOA incrementally, the benefits you can achieve are dramatic. And unlike other IT approaches, SOA is not just about technology. SOA is really a mindset and a way of approaching business problems. It supports the flex-pon-sive* company by merging technology, business insight, and thought leadership to create an environment in which innovation can thrive.

SOA Manufactures Success for the Supply Chain

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:15:00 EDT

There's no question that Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) will continue to lead the IT and business agenda. After all, an SOA offers a flexible, extensible, and composable approach to reusing and extending existing applications and services, as well as constructing new ones.