What is SOA?
Service-Oriented Architecture is an IT strategy that organizes the discrete functions contained in enterprise applications into interoperable, standards-based services that can be combined and reused quickly to meet business needs. These services are based on industry-standard protocols that are independent of the underlying technology.
SOA organizes enterprise IT around services instead of around applications By organizing enterprise IT around services instead of around applications, SOA provides key benefits:
- Improves productivity, agility and speed for both Business and IT
- Allows IT to deliver services faster and align closer with business
- Allows the business to respond quicker and deliver optimal user experience
- Masks technical complexity of the IT environment
Why adopt SOA?
A service oriented architecture is a higher level of application development that enables IT to focus on business processes, rather than the underlying IT infrastructure, to achieve competitive advantage.
SOA is valuable to enterprises that need to solve business-critical problems using information technology, including enterprises that want to minimize redundant infrastructure and create a common business interface across customer and employee systems; businesses that need to personalize information to users based on roles and workflows; and organizations that want to use the Internet to boost revenue per customer through cross-selling, up-selling and access via mobile devices.
What is the journey to SOA?
1. Define your SOA vision and strategy
Enterprises must first develop a long-term SOA strategy that understands the global scope of SOAS
2. Create success with your first SOA project
SOA should be implemented incrementally, building a foundation one project at a time. Find the business initiatives that matters most and you will ensure that your SOA project gets the attention it deserves. Choose a project that has immediate value that can be accomplished within a few months.
3. Grow your SOA capability
Once your first project is successfully completed, opportunities will begin to emerge from all corners of your enterprise.
You wil identify the domains that need to be developed or acquired and the actions that need to be added to the enterprise's SOA program
Where do we fit in the picture?
Wherever you are on the journey to SOA, we have the expertise to guide you every step of the way.
Whether you are exploring SOA, starting an SOA project, or going from an SOA pilot to a larger enterprise-wide initiative, contact Aksanti now and find out how we can walk to success together.