Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is big business – and it’s getting even bigger. Heavyweight vendors like IBM and Accenture are promoting it intensely. Forward-looking enterprises are moving to adopt SOA into their business plans.
In the view of SOA’s proponents, Service-Oriented Architecture has the potential to create a revolution in IT departments. It will blur the line between software and service, radically changing the software industry. It will save companies money, greatly increase productivity, and empower network architects to envision brillant new services.
The only thing it can’t do, apparently, is cook an egg in under two minutes. And with time SOA might even develop that capacity.
