The Business Case for SOA: Rationalizing the Benefits of Service-Oriented Architecture
One of the most significant IT initiatives underway is the adoption of service-oriented architecture (SOA), where IT assets are aligned to business services in a standard, flexible and architected fashion. The concept is often discussed in conjunction with Web services, though the two are not synonymous. In fact, SOA predates Web services by many years, but it is only now that SOA has hit the headlines. This is due in part to the fact that Web services have been a useful development that makes it much easier to deploy an SOA. Download this white paper to learn more. |
