For Enterprise Architecture Professionals (Length: 11 pages)

March 22, 2007

Information-As-A-Service: What's Behind This Hot New Trend?

by Mike Gilpin, Noel Yuhanna

with Gene Leganza, Randy Heffner, Jost Hoppermann, Katie Smillie


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Information-as-a-service has exploded on the scene over the past two years, moving from an obscure topic to one of the top usage scenarios in service-oriented architecture (SOA). Forrester expects that in 2007, a majority of large enterprises will add SOA to the list of ways they integrate information. Tools and middleware to support service-oriented approaches to information usage and integration are multiplying rapidly, as are customer case studies that show a variety of different information service usage scenarios. Early experiences with this approach show that it can deliver tangible value today in simplifying integration, but the fragmented market and lack of a single common vendor vision of what these products should do creates much confusion on the part of potential buyers. Here, we address enterprise and information architects' top questions about information-as-a-service.

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QUESTIONS

item1. What is an information service, and what is information-as-a-service?

item2. How is an information service different from other kinds of services?

item3. How is an information service different from data access frameworks like Hibernate or JPA?

item4. How does information-as-a-service relate to software-as-a-service?

item5. What are the primary use cases that are driving creation of information services?

item6. Why and when is an information service a better way to get information?

item7. Is a common information model an essential component of an information service?

item8. How do information services relate to an ESB?

item9. How do information services relate to information fabric and other data middleware?

item10. How do information services relate to my overall SOA strategy?

item11. How do information services relate to my overall application architecture?

item12. Who are the major players in the market for information-as-a-service technology?

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Analyst: Mike Gilpin, Noel Yuhanna
Technology: Application Development, Application Infrastructure Technologies, Architecture & Technology Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Information & Knowledge Management, Information Governance, Integration Technologies, SOA & Web Services
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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