The Aberdeen Group reports that 90% of large enterprises have adopted or will move to adopt SOA by the end of 2006.
The attraction is obvious. SOA enables a remarkable degree of flexibility, and of integration of applications. This new enterprise architecture technology – almost like magic – allows IT departments to combine the services from many disparate software.
With SOA, data stored in outdated legacy apps can be meshed with data in current-day apps. The trend toward virtualization is pushed forward. Open source apps can be integrated with proprietary software as if Bill Gates and Linus Torvald were each other’s long lost twin.
