Service Oriented Architecture In ANZ: The Growth Story Continues

This document provides vendor strategists with an overview of the service-oriented architecture (SOA) market in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). Conducted during June-July 2007, report research is based on interviews with 97 CIOs, IT managers, and line of business managers from both large enterprises and SMBs. Key highlights include the findings that the SOA market in ANZ is the largest in the APAC region and is expected to grow through 2010, SOA is perceived as expensive to implement, and SOA is a technology initiative led by IT managers. This report further provides SOA market sizing and forecasts, overviews the primary reasons and barriers for adoption, and highlights perceptions of vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, BEA, Oracle, Sun, and others.