If you had to pick a single business benefit that service-oriented
architecture (SOA) can provide, it is the ability to respond to change.
Change occurs continually in a multitude of places that affect the
enterprise: the market, the supply chain, strategic processes, regulations,
and so forth. SOA can enable the creation of an agile environment that
creates stability in the face of change because it restructures automated
functions into reusable pieces that can be quickly reconfigured into new or
modified processes.
But an architectural approach alone will not create agility. Agility comes
from having the right pieces from which agile processes can be assembled.
Developing, refactoring, or acquiring the right services requires a deep
understanding of your business.
O... (more)
Recently, I have had the opportunity to work with a number of clients on
their strategy to leverage the advantages that open source can achieve across
their IT organizations. I found the major motivator and attention getter for
open source adoption is the promise to cut costs; but increasingly, interests
now include ways open source can provide control and enable agility.
Many folks in th... (more)
I was shocked. We were in the brainstorming phase of developing a new
collaboration portal and the possibilities were flying. It was exciting to
see people from many disciplines enthusiastic about working together more
effectively through improved communication, document management, and tools
for capturing business processes. Inevitably, the conversation moved to
"actions" - what needed ... (more)
James Irwin is an open source software architect at Unisys Corporation. He has degrees and work experience in both the computer science and psychology fields.
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