A service oriented architecture is the latest idea to
come out of the IT industry, designed to ease reusability of
software and services.
A SOA requires a a new approach to software development.
Applications can be constructed from reusable components rather
than as a single monolithic program.
AMR Research: SOA
what?
With all of the major ERP suppliers hyping the wonders of
service-oriented architecture (SOA) as the ultimate solution to
business flexibility and total cost of ownership (TCO), the
reaction we get from most of our enterprise applications clients is
“SOA what?” The reality is that while experimentation with SOA is
common, commitment to SOA is still a long way off.
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Butler Group: Software development for a
SOA
The idea of service can be seen as a natural progression in the
evolution of application development. Thus, from the earliest
procedural code, to structured code, then the concept of objects in
parallel with the trend away from mainframes to distributed
client-server systems, 3-tier and then n-tier application
architectures, and so into the modern era of distributed objects
and components.
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Freeform Dynamics: Will SOA kill the
idea of applications?
A natural consequence of SOA is that systems will no longer be
implemented as single monolithic structures, but as a series of
component parts that work together to deliver whatever
functionality is required. With such a development, you no longer
have to take all of the pieces from one application supplier.
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Quocirca: Functional Reuse &
SOA
SOA is a driving force for future functional use within
organisations. However, these functions must be viewed as being
shared services for all processes. Functional re-use will be the
main means of ensuring that organisations can respond rapidly and
effectively to market dynamics, and that improvements to specific
functions will have the optimum impact across the whole
organisation.
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Other
resources
SOA is this year's big thing, says Accenture
>>
SOAP specifications >>
Case
studies
Merrill Lynch uses SOA to overhaul operations >>
Hampshire's five-year SOA deal opens door to
partnership working >>
Carphone Warehouse cuts order management and
fulfilment times >>
UBS moves to SOA for managing financial apps
>>
The Tote backs SOA in race to improve customer
service >>
British Energy Group gets flexible with SOA
>>
ING Direct uses SOA for new service
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