| Sumario: | The article discusses service-oriented computing (SOC). SOC's chief aim is to make available low-cost and flexible distributed applications. Key to the process is exploiting the availability of network-available services, web services being a good contemporary example. The underlying service-oriented architecture (SOA) includes layers for service foundations, composition, and management. A robust SOA provides flexibility by employing reusable business processes. Vital areas of research for SOC include service application engineering, gap analysis techniques, and service governance.
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