Economies of scale will drive down prices of SOA components are being sold as libraries of code modules available as a service at a unit module cost from $800 to $7,200 in 2007.   SOA is increasing IT flexibility at the same time unit component prices decrease.  IBM continues to be the defacto industry standard market leader in SOA.  The financial and healthcare industries are the early adopters of SOA technology.

SOA engine markets relate to of its infrastructure middleware that provides the ability to consolidate integration modules with foundation architecture.  IBM SOA is the software used in creating business integration foundation systems.

SOA creates a way to organize automated process supporting modules.  SOA systems are evolving to support business flexibility by enabling integration of systems dynamically.  Applications are interconnected and integrated to create cross-departmental processes in real time.