Global independent research and advisory firm, Financial Insights, an IDC company, has announced the release of a new report focusing on service-oriented architecture (SOA) adoption in Western European Banking.

This new Financial Insights' report comments on the maturity of SOA adoption, the implementation challenges, as well as the key business issues that banks are trying to resolve. "Ultimately, the true promise of SOA is enabling institutions to connect their internal systems to that of their customers, partners, and channels in order to seamlessly integrate with their workflow. And what a promise that is," said Rachel Hunt, European Banking research manager at Financial Insights.