Understand Soa With One Magic Diagram
posted by John Spacey, February 12, 2011At one time Service Oriented-architecture(SOA) was the most misunderstood concept in technology.
SOA seems to mystify some ― it's common to ascribe almost magical powers to it. The reality is that SOA is a simple concept:
SOA evolved from the design principles of Object Oriented languages such as C++ and Java. SOA brings these design principles to the Enterprise level. It establishes a reusable library of loosely coupled services for the Enterprise.
SOA has become the favorite sales pitch of Enterprise Architects everywhere. Where it is used effectively ― SOA has the ability to drive efficiency and lower IT costs.
SOA services follow 9 simple design principles and are sandwiched somewhere between critical applications and enterprise data sources.
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