Organizations developing solutions must understand the architecture of building and creating software programs. When managers and leaders have a better and deeper understanding of the methodologies and construction techniques, it is easier to...

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Middleware tools provide real-time integration and SOA delivers improvements in IT service quality, agility, and costs. Evaluate these technologies for your organization.

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Use this tool to assess whether a SOA implementation can produce value for your organization. The tool will recommend a SOA implementation or an evaluation of a limited middleware adoption.

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Use this tool to find the ideal integration method for each of the organization's integrations.

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Middleware tools provide real-time integration and SOA delivers improvements in IT service quality, agility, and costs. Evaluate these technologies for your organization.

Buyers of SOA technology struggle to reconcile their SOA strategy with other programs, such as BPM.

SOA adoption remains half-hearted. Departments hesitate to use SOA services and secretly develop their own versions on the side.

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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...

What is Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)? Few in IT have a solid definition of the concept, given the many products and vendors that misbrand using the SOA label. This is the first of two notes on the basics of Service-oriented Architecture,...

Tighter integration between enterprise applications, communication tools, and business processes creates a more efficient enterprise. However, a lack of technical skills and disconnected internal planning often limit this synergy. While vendor...

Many firms that have adopted Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) policies are now ready to take a step forward towards an integrated enterprise. Unified Communications (UC) is a logical next step, with governance principles that closely parallel...

Amidst all the hype concerning Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) for large organizations, small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) seem to have been overlooked as potential adopters of this concept. The benefits of SOA are not limited to large...

The implementation of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a difficult process for many clients. Info-Tech provides this guide to help IT leaders manage the changes in the roles, processes, and enterprise culture involved in SOA...

Enterprises that are in the early stages of pursuing a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) strategy have a host of issues and challenges to consider. Get started on the right track with a beginning framework for SOA governance.

Economic concerns that are compelling many enterprises to reassess current IT projects may also affect broader initiatives that are fundamentally important to business strategy, such as Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). IT leaders must...

Dynamics AX is the flagship of Microsoft's ERP aspirations. The technology holds promise but will benefit from increased focus on industry-specific functionality and improved roll-out methodologies.