Twenty-four percent of respondents are saying they currently implement SOA, an 85 percent increase from last year. Web Services are now also experiencing more comprehensive implementation, according to a release from the company. Thirty percent of respondents will be using more than 20 services in the next year, a 58 percent increase from current levels. Twenty-five percent of respondents are saying the leading problem in implementation of Web services are changing or lack of industry standards, a 67 percent increase from last year.
"While we are still at the beginning of this major software architecture shift, it is clear that the benefits of both SOA and Web Services are beginning to be realized," said John Andrews, president of Evans Data. "We envision that the SOA maturation cycle will take at least another five plus years."
