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by Alan Alper, MA Editorial Staff
Posted on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 12:06:00 AM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | To get going with SOA, manufacturers must start with high-value projects that reveal demonstrable business benefits. |
| Keywords: | service-oriented architecture, SOA, enterprise systems architecture, Web services |
If you believe the vendor hype, service-oriented architecture is on the cusp of going mainstream. Like it or not, SOA concepts are baked into nearly every enterprise application suite and factory automation system announced and delivered these days by the vendor community. But how are SOA's principles of out-of-the-box application interoperability, reusable functionality, and improved operational flexibility resonating with manufacturers industry-wide? Well, most like the theory ("Heard it before," they say), but they are waiting to see quantifiable business value before they commit the time, money, and effort required to fully embrace this evolutionary approach to enterprise systems architecture. Beyond the early adopters in financial services and telecommunications, SOA is a concept that is just beginning to roll out of vendor development labs and into business practice, says Dennis Gaughan, an AMR Research analyst. "If we look at data across all industries, 20% are doing something with SOA," Gaughan says. "About 35% to 40% are considering it in the next few months, and the balance have no plans." [Click to continue] |
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