Length: 16 pages For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
Gene Leganza December 12, 2006
Why Is SOA Hot In Government?
Integration In Heterogeneous Environments Is The Key Driver
by Gene Leganza
with Mike Gilpin, Jost Hoppermann, Laurie M. Orlov, Jacqueline Stone

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Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is the hottest three-letter acronym in government IT circles. Forrester's survey data shows that government agencies' adoption of SOA is strong and getting stronger. Why? SOA directly addresses government agencies' most pressing goals: integration of program functionality and information across organizational boundaries in a heterogeneous technology environment. And using the approach of wrapping legacy systems in SOA environments means agencies can transform their processes without funding huge, risky rip-and-replace projects for legacy applications. Agency chief information officers (CIOs) must step up to the plate and provide strategic leadership to ensure that their agencies maximize SOA's potential, by making best practices and design guidance available for all initiatives that can benefit from this approach to business and technology.

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NOTES & RESOURCES

itemSOA Adoption Is Stronger In Government Than In The Private Sector

itemIntegration Drives Government's SOA Interest

itemSOA Addresses Government's Thorniest IT Problems

itemExamples Show Information Integration Focus

recommendations

itemDefine An Organizational Center Of Gravity For SOA Adoption

WHAT IT MEANS

itemReuse Will Lag Integration As A Benefit

We surveyed North American and European government organizations as part of our Business Technographics® November 2005 North American And European Enterprise Software And Services Survey and our September 2006 North American And European Enterprise Software Survey. We also surveyed US federal government enterprise architects in February 2006.

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Analyst: Gene Leganza
Technology: Application Development, Application Infrastructure Technologies, Architecture & Technology Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Domains, SOA & Web Services
Industry: Government
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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