There currently exist many different 'flavors' and interpretations of service-oriented architecture, some of which appear to flout some of the necessary requirements, in that they are not standards-based and thus cannot interoperate with other frameworks. Therefore, it is good to hear that more vendors are collaborating to continue work on service component architecture and service data objects.
'Content The original vendors, BEA Systems,IBM, IONA, Oracle (and Siebel), SAP, Sybase, Xcalia, and Zend, announced the concepts back in November 2005. The new announcement brings nine new partners into the mix - Cape Clear, Interface21, Primeton Technologies, Progress Software (as an aside, Sonic Software is now taking on its parent's branding), Red Hat, Rogue Wave Software, Software AG, Sun Microsystems, and Tibco.
