These six critical steps will put you on a sound footing.
Within the span of a few years service oriented architecture (SOA) has evolved from an esoteric technology niche, known only to a small group of technology cognoscenti, to a critical IT and business strategy discussed by virtually everyone within the IT executive ranks. Most companies today are either investigating SOA or have launched SOA-related initiatives during the past 18 months. However a major area of concern and frustration seems to be focused on execution. As with many past technology trends, the potential of SOA could remain largely unrealized unless organizations are able to execute successfully on both the technology and business levels.
