It's the hot technology for most large companies, but business, technical and cultural issues must be addressed for a successful SOA implementation. Get the whole story, from the big picture to the how-to-do-it details, in this Executive Bulletin.
Computerworld's Executive Bulletin, "Sold on SOA," explains why CIOs are excited about service-oriented architectures, which have the potential to reduce IT costs, improve business and IT agility, increase software asset reuse, orchestrate business processes based on reusable "services," and ultimately replace the proprietary IT integration model that proliferated in the 1990s with a lower-cost, standards-based SOA approach to enterprise integration. The report also details the challenges that CIOs face in completing a successful implementation. For example, SOA is an IT discipline that requires proper strategy and planning, a new governance model that involves the IT and business organization, a new architecture model and development process, and new technology solutions to be able to realize these potential benefits.
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