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The original inspiration for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) was vendor neutrality and interoperability among best-of-breed technology components, comprising a cohesive system that is flexible and adaptable enough to meet ever-changing enterprise demands. Yet, recent news from well-regarded SOA technology vendors might lead one to believe SOA is heading in the opposite direction, toward a multi-faceted yet proprietary solution from a single source provider. What should enterprises consider as they plan SOAs, or do if their SOA implementations are already underway? This article reviews the best-of-breed versus proprietary approaches, and draws conclusions based on the original intentions for SOA. SOA is used to provide standardized interfaces between enterprise system... (more)

Data Services: Bridging the SOA and Metadata Management Gap

In today's difficult economic times, maximizing return on assets is a strategic imperative. Information assets are no exception. Service-oriented architecture (SOA), with its focus on agility and reuse, plays a critical role by accelerating development of new high-business-value applications from existing information assets. However, before new SOA applications can unleash the business va... (more)