Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

"Enterprise Architecture and Service Oriented Architecture helps you to control complexity in an ever changing world."

Faced with rapid change – from increasing globalization, industry consolidation and emerging markets – it business solutions & outsourcing companies need to be agile at the business site as well as the IT site. Strategic changes in business activities needs to be supported by flexible and agile IT systems. Data has to be opened in a standardized way and business and IT transformations have to be supported by aligned roadmaps.

We will help you to do so with Enterprise Architecture (EA) as a planning discipline and Services Orientation (SOA) as a way to become more agile, more flexible, but under control. A major shift in structuring organizations, the vast majority of processes and applications are likely to be based on services within a few years.

As thought leaders in the areas of EA and SOA, we have the expertise to manage complexity and change. It is done to take control and to create market-leading through innovative SOA-based solutions. The solutions will help you seize new business opportunities, quickly and cost-effectively, through better alignment of your information assets and sustainable IS/IT redesign.

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a business and technical approach. This approach enables it business solutions & outsourcing companies to move forward with their business initiatives supported by technology rather than being limited by IT. SOA enables users and systems (consumers) to use applications (services) that are made available on a computer network. SOA is not a single technology, but it is an architectural style for integrating business software applications (custom, ERP, legacy, Open Source or vendor supplied). SOA focuses on loosely coupled services, automated end-to-end business processes, and reuse existing IT systems resources based on open standards.

Why SOA?
SOA provides ways and means to deliver integrated business solutions application in a timely fashion. The delivery is done with the least amount of intervention by changing application code or structure. SOA delivers real, tangible business value.
Meet goals that matter to the business, by delivering systems in time and within budget

Increase Revenues:

• Reduce time-to-market for new products and services.
• Attract new customers and build loyalty by providing a seamless user experience.

Change and Create Business Capabilities:

• Improve business agility, flexibility, and innovation in response to market changes.
• Leverage IT systems to take advantage of new business opportunities.
• Integrate with new business partners.
• Facilitate Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A).

Improve Efficiency:

• Streamline business processes.
• Provide faster response to changing business requirements.
• Provide more usable systems – business user’s complete tasks sooner.
• Reduce waste – foster standards and best practices for enterprise architecture and development.
• Improve collaboration – across business units, and with external business partners.
• Mitigate risks – fewer performance problems and service interruptions.

Reduce Costs:

• Reuse existing IT assets and services
• Optimize organizational structure
• Eliminate systems and data
• Lower development & maintenance costs
• Leverage Open Source

Comply with Regulatory Issues:

• Adapt to changing rules
• Identify and mitigate compliance gaps