Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is gaining momentum as a new IT
implementation paradigm. Organizations are eager to capitalize on its
benefits. However, with many of these organizations focusing too narrowly on
project-specific implementations, though, some are at risk of never achieving
the full value that the SOA concept could bring them. Their result will be a
collection of technology-driven remnants instead of a holistic,
business-driven system of integrated services.
When SOA is viewed as a "technology" it is often pursued without a clear
understanding of how the resulting services fit as part of the larger
enterprise architecture. The solution is to view service orientation as one
of many means to conceptualize and deliver holistic enterprise architecture,
not the other way around. By doing so, the outcome will reflect the true
promise of SOA as a powerfu... (more)