Length: 15 pages
For Enterprise Architecture Professionals
March 11, 2008
SOA Adoption: Many Firms Got Started In 2007
SOA Satisfaction Still Runs High; Strategic Business Use Of SOA Is Still Increasing
This is the first document in the "2007 SOA Adoption Data" series.
by
Randy Heffner
with
Gene Leganza, Kahini Ranade
This is a document excerptEXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The IT industry is continuing its strong adoption of service-oriented architecture (SOA), according to Forrester's latest survey data. A year ago, our data highlighted a general slowness in moving from SOA planning to actual use of SOA. This slowness disappeared in 2007's data, with strong growth in current use of SOA across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific regions. But is SOA delivering on its promises? Apparently so: Just like in 2005 and 2006, a strong majority of current SOA users plan to do more SOA. Not only this, but more and more SOA users are seeing its role for enabling strategic business transformation. Flexibility and cost savings are both important drivers for SOA, but our data leans toward flexibility as the more important driver. For enterprise architects, this data points to the way of success for an SOA strategy: The most critical aspects of SOA are business-oriented, and SOA technology is merely a foundation for business-oriented restructuring of IT's processes and deliverables.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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NOTES & RESOURCES
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 SOA's Strategic Importance Keeps Climbing
In 2007, Many Organizations Got Started On SOA
 Larger Organizations Lead, With Notable Exceptions
Flexibility Outpaces Cost Savings As A Driver For SOA Adoption
SOA Continues To Prove Its Value
Satisfaction With SOA Remains High
SOA Is Increasingly Used For External Integration And Strategic Transformation
recommendations
Structure Your SOA Strategy With A Business Orientation
WHAT IT MEANS
SOA Benefits From Business Architecture And Information Architecture
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This report draws from two major Forrester Business Data Services surveys: Enterprise And SMB Software Survey, North America And Europe, Q3 2007, and Enterprise Technology Adoption Survey, Asia Pacific, Q4 2007, as well as from similar Forrester surveys from previous years.
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Topic Overview: Service-Oriented Architecture
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Key SOA Success Factors: A Starter Kit For SOA
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Strategic Architecture Development In An SOA World
March 15, 2006 |
