http://it.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from Robert McKenney en Copyright 2008 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:14:26 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss 10 http://it.sys-con.com/node/183919 Service-oriented architecture (SOA) has emerged as a key strategy for IT and line-of-business executives to jointly enhance business performance and agility in today's intense corporate climate. Using the SOA methodology, business applications are built as an assembly of loosely coupled pieces of business functionality, commonly referred to as services. These services are published, consumed, and combined with other applications over a shared services network, which is often highly distributed within and across enterprise boundaries.<p><a href="http://it.sys-con.com/node/183919" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 18 Feb 2006 12:30:00 EST http://it.sys-con.com/node/183919