eBizQ Net: Aberdeen Report Urges SOA Mgmt, Governance Focus PDF Print E-mail
 

Today’s service-oriented architecture (SOA) initiatives require a strong focus on management and governance in addition to the right set of technology tools, according to research from IT analyst firm Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS).

Of the companies surveyed, 60 percent of the SOA best-in-class companies are seeing a positive ROI on their SOA investments. This is achieved through having greater quality throughout the SOA lifecycle as well as employing SOA-specific operations automation and related governance software for automation. Because SOA introduces a myriad of new design, testing and performance-related issues, IT executives can succeed in developing their SOA lifecycle management plans by concentrating on several primary areas as outlined in the report, including SOA governance and application lifecycle management.....