The Component Based Development Forum, an analyst firm and think tank
covering business software creation, reuse, and management, recently wrote,
"Service Orientation - So What?" They went on to explain,
"First we had Web Services. Then we realized that Web Services were simply a
technology, and we needed architecture to manage the loose coupling of pretty
much everything. For a time SOA was top of the toy box. Then we started to
see Service- Oriented Programming and Service- Oriented Design. All very
sensible, even if it is a bottom-up process of discovery. Of course the
logical conclusion to this is that we are progressively establishing a
comprehensive approach to architecture, modeling, design, programming,
deployment, interoperability etc., that is service oriented.... (more)
While the vision of process management is not new, existing theories and
systems have not been able to cope with the reality of business processes -
until now. By placing business processes on center stage, as first class
citizens in computing, corporations can gain the capabilities they need to
innovate, reenergize performance, and deliver the value today's markets
demand.
Business pro... (more)