SOA implementation typically requires usage of multiple technologies for implementing things like distribution, parallel processing, orchestration, etc. Although there are multiple tools supporting these requirements, including Web Services frameworks for invocations, Enterprise Service Buses (ESB) for routing, Orchestration engines for business process implementations, etc. SOA implementation remains a daunting task, requiring, at a minimum, understanding of these very different technologies their programming models, their implementation and deployment approaches, etc.

One of the possible solutions to this complexity are "SOA programming languages" - Domain Specific Languages for SOA, for example Wsper or Einstein. The motivation behind these languages is to further raise the level of abstraction to move it closer to the actual SOA development concerns.