4. SOA works
Lost amid the vendor, analyst and media spin on SOA has been the fact that IT shops are actually doing it. Service-oriented architecture has gone way beyond theory. Solid corporate citizens have begun to put an emphasis on technical architecture.
During 2006 we heard the praises of SOA sung by British American Tobacco, Transamerica, Amazon, The Hartford, Aetna, Vital Forsikring, Ertan Hydropower, Washington Group International, Monster Worldwide, the nation of Denmark and ING Group.
"People have gone from 'What is SOA?' to 'How do I do SOA?'" said Ron Schmelzer, senior analyst at ZapThink LLC. "Businesses like the concept. It makes sense."
