Robert D. Schneider is a senior SOA consultant, a certified SOASchool.com instructor, and a published IT author with more than 15 years of experience. He is also an experienced speaker who has led many technical sessions and workshops at various events. He has written four books and numerous articles on SOA and high-performance database applications and implementations. He is currently working on a new book on SOA governance as part of the ?Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl,? and he is a regular contributor to The Big SOA Grid, a Web site providing current data relating to WS-* specifications.
However, most of the organizations we've worked with are taking a
project-driven approach to SOA - namely, addressing tactical integration and
composite application requirements with SOA tools. So where does this leave
them? Fortunately, companies don't necessarily have to do SOA for the same
reasons, or do enterprise SOA. Each of us can do SOA in our own way and still
benefit from it.
How?
You need to answer two key questions:
Why are you doing SOA? This question isn't limited to those who haven't
dipped their toe into the SOA pond. How are you going to do SOA? How are you
going to make sure you don't do it willy-nilly?
This article reflects our experiences - synthesized from working with CIOs,
IT managers, and architects - of the ways SOA practitioners are addressing ... (more)
Robert D. Schneider is a senior SOA consultant, a certified SOASchool.com instructor, and a published IT author with more than 15 years of experience. He is also an experienced speaker who has led many technical sessions and workshops at various events. He has written four books and numerous articles on SOA and high-performance database applications and implementations. He is currently working on a new book on SOA governance as part of the ?Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl,? and he is a regular contributor to The Big SOA Grid, a Web site providing current data relating to WS-* specifications.
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