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Select a SOA Platform

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Your Challenge

  • Buyers of SOA technology struggle to reconcile their SOA strategy with other programs, such as BPM.
  • Vendors promise out-of-the-box solutions that cannot deliver.
  • Organizations struggle with the cost of technology solutions that provide ROI only in the long-term.

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Hypothesis
  • While out-of-the-box solutions can provide valuable technology components, the purchase decision requires evaluation of the broader SOA strategy.
  • Consider outsourced SOA for low-cost support of a pilot SOA project.
  • Converged BPM and SOA solutions leave the door open for a BPM project further down the road.

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Beware of exaggerated vendor claims.

Solution Road Map

Other Solution Sets in Application Integration
1. Develop an Application Integration Strategy
Application Integration: new concepts in a time-honored field.
2. Vendor Landscape: Application Integration Middleware
Essential plumbing for your applications.
3. Select a SOA Platform
Beware of exaggerated vendor claims.
4. Improve Application Integration Governance
Without effective governance, SOA has no value.
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