Introduction to Service-Oriented Architecture
Driven by Web services momentum, service-oriented architecture moves from leading-edge software projects to the mainstream. However, most enterprises are confused about its benefits and don't understand its risks.
Service-Oriented Architecture Scenario
Attempted SOA will cause great successes and great failures of software projects. Understanding its role and meaning, beyond the simplistic hype, is the imperative for every enterprise software architect.
Positions 2005: Service-Oriented Architecture Adds Flexibility to Business Processes
Through 2015, service-oriented architecture will transform software from an inhibitor to an enabler of business change, but you must increase investment to achieve this goal. SOA will shift revenue from packaged software to subscription services and from monolithic suites to composite applications.
SOA Will Demand Re-engineering of Business Applications
Service-oriented architectures and service-oriented business applications are beginning to affect companies' IT strategies. The potential benefits are real, but they will demand that changes be made to installed applications.
Flexibility Drives the Emergence of the Business Process Platform
As enterprises emphasize business processes, they need to establish a business process platform, specific to their needs, to enable business process creation, deployment and monitoring using service-enabled applications.
NetWeaver Positions SAP as a Business Process Platform Enabler
NetWeaver is redefining SAP's role in the technology market from a pure business application vendor to a vendor that enables business process composition. Key to SAP's transformation is user acceptance of a service-oriented architecture.
Oracle Emphasizes SOA and BPM in Fusion Architecture
Oracle Fusion Architecture incorporates business process management (BPM) and service-oriented architecture (SOA), in a clear declaration of Oracle's mainstream intentions for its future application architecture.
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