Service-oriented architecture has made great strides since its inception, but still has a way to go before its benefits can be fully realized. Experts at Gartner’s Application Integration & Web Services Summit 2006, which began Monday, discuss SOA’s stumbling blocks.
"SOA in many ways is still in its infancy; from a deployment angle, there is a long way to go," says Jeff Schulman, VP, Gartner. "We still need more work in tools, governance, re-usablity, and of course solid demonstrations of business benefit. When the business benefit angle—not just cost savings, but revenue enhancement and growth—is further demonstrated, SOA will take off more substantially."
