The primary driver for SOA investments were made to meet the need to change investments faster, cheaper, and with less risk according to 22% of those survey. Eighteen percent used SOA to meet requirements of individual projects, while 17% looked to SOA to reduce IT costs through reuse.
The survey found that SOA adoption is broad based and growing rapidly -- China, Germany, and the U.S. all showed adoption growth rates of over 100%.
AMR Research also points out that SOA spending is significant -- 45% of SOA adopters reported spending over $500K on SOA software and services in 2007.
