Implementing a service oriented architecture may be a strategic direction for enterprises with disparate systems, but the National Australia Bank is now deploying its first production app built on top of an SOA.
Chris Tham, National Australia Bank's head of architecture for technology distribution, told Computerworld the key SOA initiative at the bank is a financial planning tool for advisers and employees.
The application was developed as an SOA to provide financial advice for clients "which are now interoperable" as "today platforms deal with multiple applications".
"It's providing flexibility [as] there was no data interchange across the existing tools," Tham said.
