Why is SOA governance separate from overall IT governance? HP's Kelly Emo takes up this question in a new post, observing that perhaps the governance principles and practices being preached for SOA ...

Okay, it's well documented that the worlds of SOA and Web 2.0, while increasingly overlapping, have operated in parallel dimensions. SOA preaches 'worry about the business, and the technology will ...

This came in as a Google alert on SOA, a gentleman named Willem Kossen, who is an ICT Architect and Consultant at M&I/Partners. He asks the question: "SOA Maturity, Who has seen it implemented?" He ...

Not too long ago, IT organizations turned to service-oriented architecture (SOA) primarily as a way to integrate enterprise applications. But now large companies are using SOA to create components ...

I’ve been writing software for a long time. When I was 14, I got an HP programmable calculator that I taught to tell time by flashing hours, minutes and seconds repeatedly. It used a loop of null ...

The services-oriented architecture moniker might be “sullied” by industry hype, high-profile failures and misdirection, but SOA is certainly not dead, said one analyst. There continues to be strong ...

We live in an era of “virtual” corporations, rapid product lifecycles, and ever-changing alliances between businesses. These trends put increasing pressure on companies to find flexible, innovative ...

What do enterprise architecture, virtualization, security, business intelligence, and organizational culture have in common with each other and with SOA? If you answered “very little to nothing at all ...

The SOA Consortium and CIO magazine recently announced the winners of the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Case Study Competition. All of the winners successfully delivered business or mission ...

Among the ways to keep a service-oriented architecture (SOA) initiative on track, forming a center of excellence (COE) is a frequently named option. Indeed, a recent Forrester survey shows that having ...

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is generating a big buzz. Although most of those doing the buzzing understand the benefits that an SOA offers, few understand what it takes to realize these ...