There's no doubt that the computing era of Service Oriented Architecture is
upon us. Everyone has caught SOA fever (is it S-O-A or SO-AH?) and most
Fortune 500s are considering or have already implemented their first set of
services.
Why is SOA so compelling? Zapthink, one of the industry's experts on SOA,
suggests the following reasons for folks to be enamored with SOA and why it's
worth all of the hype:
Increased Business Agility Reduced Integration Expense Increased Asset Reuse
Reduced Business Risk and Exposure Pretty compelling and timely. In a recent
BusinessWeek cover story entitled "Is Your Company Fast Enough"
(www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_13/b3977001.htm) the author, Steve
Hamm, makes the point that "Speed doesn't kill but is indeed the ultimate
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