German business applications giant SAP AG is beating its chief rival, Oracle, in the battle for the hearts and minds of the service-oriented architecture (SOA) set -- for now at least -- and IBM is trouncing them both, in the opinion of one SOA expert. Meanwhile, SOA adoption is slow, but there sure is a lot of SOA planning going on, according to new survey results.
SearchOracle.com surveyed 683 IT professionals who have a say in the IT decision making process at Oracle shops representing a wide variety of industries and found that 84% have not implemented SOA technology on any level. Of those, 48% said they plan to implement SOA within the next three years, while the other half of respondents said they didn't know if or when their companies would delve into the world of SOA.
