Read this report from Bloor Research to see why it's convinced that Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is becoming the dominant IT model. This certainty is based on the forces driving the implementation of SOA solutions:
- The business imperatives of flexibility and agility.
- The IT need to be more responsive to the business by implementing continuous improvement with minimal impact on existing systems.
- The delivery of standards and technology that effectively support SOA.
The heart of SOA is the loose coupling of services: this brings about the major benefits of SOA, including flexibility, agility and reuse. However, as SOA implementations have matured and grown in both scale and complexity, the following significant challenges have already become apparent: - Managing exceptions thrown up by the business processes in a scaleable, auditable and robust fashion.
- Monitoring the health of the SOA infrastructure.
- Resolving errors in the infrastructure in a timely and effective way.
