Over the past several years, there has been much fanfare regarding the
promise of SOA. However, as with any IT-related solution, it is not a magic
bullet or cure-all for IT integration. In fact, SOA does not solve business
process problems, but rather identifies both the good and bad organizational
processes. In most instances, SOA will require additional front-loaded costs
until a critical mass of services are developed for reuse. It will require
organizational and even process changes that will demand high levels of
training, funding, and organizational governance. Even with th... (more)