Tagged - Service Oriented Architecture

Growth through acquisition is common in the IT industry, and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) greatly enhances the speed and success of technology integration between firms. A merger is most often a business decision that is made with little...

Although moving to a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) can enhance business and IT agility, the sheer complexity and scope of the migration make this a potentially pitfall-ridden process. When embarking on an enterprise SOA initiative, IT...

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a vast topic fraught with many challenges. IT leaders considering SOA for their enterprise should start here to maximize their chances for success. This note helps managers gain an understanding of the SOA...

Convince business stakeholders to buy into Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) by demonstrating the benefits that enhance the business and by highlighting the factors that make a positive impact on enterprise revenue. Focus on the long term,...

Service oriented architecture (SOA) promises to provide businesses with flexible applications that can be quickly adapted to meet evolving business. However, successful SOA projects must be built on a solid foundation of quality data. Solve data...

In the age of terabytes, effective data management is imperative to business success. Turn to data integration solutions to provide stakeholders, both internal and external, with a unified view of enterprise information in preparation for the...

Help desk incident management, and more importantly IT service management, is a critical component of any well run IT department. Epicor ITSM, a component of the complete Epicor solution, uses SharePoint for portal and application services....

A critical component of any master data management (MDM) project is finding the appropriate architecture to support the solution. Making the right choice requires an understanding of the standard architectures and their associated benefits and...

Data integration plays a vital role in an enterprise Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) strategy. Understand the value and importance of data integration to the creation of data services and how upfront planning can help maximize SOA benefits...

This is the second of two notes on the basics of Service-oriented Architecture. Info-Tech covers the key features and technological improvements associated with SOA, and the business benefits it provides. Follow Info-Tech's recommendations to...