If you are in any stage of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) project or if you just want to find out what SOA is really about, you would do very well to check out the information on the subject provided by www.zapthink.com.
It is not entirely clear to me at this point that SOA is the ultimate answer to everything wrong with the way we build computerized systems, but I do believe that it is an important step toward what should be our ultimate goal: highly reliable, integrated, efficient systems that can perform real work and provide real value to the Enterprise.
Zapthink is a consultancy that has been in the forefront of the SOA evolution. They are an independent, vendor-neutral voice, pointing out that SOA is an architectural concept, not a technology.
The large software vendors promote their packages and methodologies as a way to “buy SOA”. It is not surprising that most of these kinds of projects have not been able to show much in the way of business value. Installing a package and calling it SOA is akin to buying a refrigerator and calling it dinner – you might be able to make dinner with the help of a fridge, but you can also do it without the fridge and it just might be a better dinner if you just bring home the fresh ingredients and start cooking.
The dinner analogy is perhaps not the best, but the point is that SOA needs to be thought through carefully before laying down the money for any technology. You need to think about the kinds of services that will make sense for your business and how best to implement these services, given the mix of technology currently available or planned for the near future.
Have a look at Zapthink and decide for yourself. Their newsletter is free and definitely worth a read.
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