Joe McGonnell

If Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is all about business agility, then why does the focus continue to be on how services will be built, deployed, and managed by IT instead of how they'll be consumed by business users? How will SOA services to be rolled out in your organization? Through a Web browser or rich Internet application? Will these Web applications totally replace the applications your business users are currently relying on? Or will they simply add to the growing number of applications that your business users need to access on a regular basis? Enterprise architects have multiple technology options to choose from as they implement an SOA. However, designing it with the end user in mind can help dictate choices that will speed up application integration, increase overall flexibility, and result in a more productive workforce. By creating a New Enterprise... (more)