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From the Front Lines DOA with SOA.

The article discusses service-oriented architecture (SOA), describing the problems, challenges, and high expectations associated with the use of SOA. The author defines SOA as an architectural style that is independent of the use of a particular technology. Software companies face a dilemma of choos...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 51; no. 10; pp. 27 - 29
Main Author: Bell, Alex E.
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Oct2008
Subjects:
Software architecture
Computer software development
Computer software industry
Computer industry
Business enterprises
Computer programmers
Computer software
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article discusses service-oriented architecture (SOA), describing the problems, challenges, and high expectations associated with the use of SOA. The author defines SOA as an architectural style that is independent of the use of a particular technology. Software companies face a dilemma of choosing the technologies and design tactics that will help them realize their development objectives. Other topics include understanding options when using SOA to develop software and the negative impact SOA can have on software architecture.