What is SOA

Although SOA has been around as a concept for years, varying definitions still exist in the market place. We define SOA as a conceptual business aligned architecture where business functionality or application logic is made available as shared, reusable services on an IT network. It is based on the concept of loosely coupled components that are capable of interacting in a standard and transparent ways regardless of the platforms, vendors or technologies running the components.

SOA enables IT to be more responsive to the demands of the business because flexible, standards-based components can be developed, combined and deployed rapidly to support business agility. SOA has become a critical enabler for companies to effectively respond to challenging market dynamics and capitalize on new business opportunities.

How Can SOA Help you Create a More Agile Enterprise?

• Interoperability - Standards-based components make IT systems more flexible and significantly simplify integration
• Reuse - Reduces development cost and time and increases quality of future applications
• Leveraging Legacy Investment - SOA allows you to use legacy systems by encapsulating the logic to preserve robust functionality, investment and intellectual capital