Companies which use service oriented architecture (SOA) have reported a lack of maturity and governance practices, new research has shown.

German business infrastructure and SOA vendor Software AG surveyed its customer base of 200 large enterprise users and found more than 90 per cent already had some form of SOA strategic planning in place for running their SOA projects.

More than half of all enterprises had already implemented successful SOA-based projects or an enterprise-wide SOA. Respondents also reported considerable satisfaction with their progress to date, with less than 10 per cent expressing dissatisfaction with results and progress so far.