HCL Technologies announced the launch of a service-oriented architecture (SOA) CompetencyCenter for Retailers at this week's National Retail Federation Convention. The CompetencyCenter is designed to guide retailers in the areas of SOA tool selection, development methodology and project execution, leveraging an industry-specific set of services and the deep expertise of HCL team members in areas relevant to SOA and BPM.

"SOA and BPM testing are very complex, time-consuming processes due to inadequate, legacy homegrown frameworks," said Vikram Duvvoori, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Middleware & SOA Practice, HCL Technologies. "As they require a fresh perspective towards development, testing, security and other aspects of project life cycle, HCL has focused on accelerating the process for our retail customers through specific tools and technologies for testing and security for SOA applications."