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January 29, 2007

When To Use Which Type Of SOA Specialty Product

A Quick Guide To Five SOA Specialty Product Categories And Alternatives

by Randy Heffner, Larry Fulton

with Jeffrey S. Hammond, Megan Daniels

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Executive Summary

As architects and developers plan their future service-oriented architecture (SOA) platforms, one of the biggest questions is when to use each of the new categories of SOA specialty products. It is a complex question because there is a high degree of overlap between the different types of products — and between SOA specialty products and traditional software infrastructure products. To make the decisions even more challenging, since SOA standards, specifications, and products are rapidly maturing, you can often get a more stable and more functional product if you can delay a product acquisition by only a few months. To help time your product decisions, this quick guide narrows in on the key functionality of, alternatives to, and reasons for using five types of SOA specialty products.

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