SOA Governance

Foreword

Market forces drive the need for change and innovation in many companies. Whether the market force is mergers and acquisitions, changing market composition, regulatory demands, or new technologies, companies are finding that being competitive in demanding markets requires change; and, for many, IT can be an inhibitor to change. New ways of reaching customers and increasing flexibility is paramount where the expected benefit of flexibility is reduced time for system integration, increased asset reuse, and reduced time to market for solutions. Companies are responding in several ways, but overwhelmingly, the strategies that we see organizations adopting across the world means adoption of service-oriented architecture (SOA) in ...