July 23, 2008

SOA Adoption: Technology Diversity Accelerators

The Technology Diversity Factors That Drive Earlier SOA Adoption

This is the fourth document in the "2007 SOA Adoption Data" series.

by Randy Heffner

with Gene Leganza, Kahini Ranade

Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Although it is no surprise to say that technology diversity drives adoption of service-oriented architecture (SOA), Forrester's survey data shows patterns in the use of development platforms, development languages, and application platform vendors that affect how rapidly certain IT segments adopt SOA. For example, enterprises with four or more application platform vendors have significantly higher SOA adoption than enterprises that use three or fewer. Small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) that use three development platforms have significantly higher SOA penetration than those using only one. By finding the patterns that match their organization's technology environment, architects can bolster their case for SOA with industry adoption numbers that correspond closely with their peer organizations' adoption rates.

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