A new survey from the Boston-based research firm predicts widespread adoption of SOA in 2006, but defining what exactly is being adopted is a problem.
"Define SOA? How long do you want the definition to run?" said Tom Dwyer, a research director at the Yankee Group.
According to Dwyer, defining SOA is hard because there are several components to the strategy, and often people identify pieces of the whole thing accurately, but miss the context of the larger picture.
