For Application Development & Program Management Professionals

Building Interoperability And Federation Into Your SOA Platform Strategy  (2.6 MB PPT)

by Mike Gilpin, December 16, 2008

If your SOA platform must span multiple diverse domains, then it should become a federation of interoperable SOA infrastructure elements that work together to ease and control service usage across the enterprise.

For Enterprise Architecture Professionals

Topic Overview: Service-Oriented Architecture For Enterprise Architects

by Randy Heffner, Larry Fulton, August 18, 2008

Most architects now recognize that service-oriented architecture (SOA) is much more than Web services (WS) standards and better application integration. SOA continues to gain industry recognition as a key element of strategic business transformation — . . .

For Sourcing & Vendor Management Professionals

Scoping Strategic SOA Projects

Five Steps Sourcing Professionals Will Need To Take

by Tim Sheedy, March 26, 2008

While many large enterprises have already made the move toward enterprise service-oriented architecture (SOA), other firms are just starting down this path now. And in many cases, no one in the organization really understands the full scope of an enterprise . . .