Corporate adoption of information as a service is the next leap into the SOA pond. Beware -- the network implications are subtle but have significant corporate impact and need to be assessed before putting that first toe in the water.
The service-oriented-architecture hype of the past year seems to have made believers of the most vocal skeptics. SOA has had an almost mystical aura as the savior of I.T. and most stagnant business operations.
The concept of an SOA has let corporations focus inward on their business processes rather than outward on their customers. In doing so, corporation executives have come to realize that technology is an ally rather than an enemy and that information finally has become an asset rather than an expense.
