Corporate execs looking to capture full value from SOA investments say they are handstrung by a lack of SOA skills throughout their organization, according to an IBM executive and a survey of IBM corporate customers recently made public.

“An SOA ‘skills gap’ is popping up across all areas of the SOA lifecycle, impacting both IT and Business,” Sandy Carter, IBM’s VP SOA & WebSphere Strategy, Channels and Marketing told IDN. She cited findings of a survey of IBM’s SOA customers, and outlined programs IBM is launching with corporations, universities and standards groups to fill this SOA skills gap.

“We’ve definitely found from our customers there is a shortage of SOA skills across the board, not just in IT,” IBM’s Carter told IDN. “The SOA skills shortage is really across the entire SOA lifecycle, and includes architects, business, risk management and other professionals that can help companies apply SOA to transforming their business.”