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Cloud Computing is the new SOA
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I've always got a "long list" of blog entries I want to write (unfortunately it often takes me ages to get around to writing them). I've been meaning to write a couple of possibly dull-but-worthy posts for the past couple of months now: one on why Cloud Computing is like SOA, and one on why it isn't. But then, just very recently, I read a tweet from ‘thought leader' Peter Hinssen, saying "Cloud Computing will remove the CIO from the board table". That was all the catalyst I needed to get off my backside and write some of my thoughts down (I'll explain why in a moment).
Cloud Computing: building on SOA principles
So let's get to the topic at hand: why is Cloud Computing the new SOA?
From an IT or enterprise architect's point of view, there are definitely similarities. If we put the commercial and financial aspects of the Cloud Computing model to one side for a moment, and just concentrate on how Cloud Computing platforms work to deliver software functionality, then what we're looking at is a software service delivery platform - something that is conceptually at the heart of every SOA initiative. From an application and data integration standpoint, too, the principles of SOA shine through Cloud Computing very strongly indeed.
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Posted: Monday, March 01, 2010
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