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 value of these
information assets, enterprises must first gain an understanding of and
control over the assets they have. This fundamental truth is the basis of
today's metadata management initiatives.
Enterprises must strike a balance between resources spent on managing
metadata, and resources spent on leveraging this metadata in their SOA
initiatives. In doing so, they must address the ... (more)
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, tow... (more)