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Service-Oriented Architecture: What Is It and How Can It Help Your Business?
- Defining Service-Oriented Architectures
- How Service-Oriented Architectures Can Benefit a Business
- Making Adjustments More Easily with Service-Oriented Architectures
Making Adjustments More Easily with Service-Oriented Architectures
Making Adjustments More Easily with Service-Oriented Architectures
One difference between a service-oriented architecture and a more traditional development mode is that service-oriented architectures allow a company to hand over a more focused set of requirements to its IT team. In addition, while the full establishment of a service-oriented architecture can take an extended period of time, an individual service can be built in a few weeks. This means that there is room for easier adjustments to be made on a service and time for mistakes to be caught earlier in the process, which can further benefit a business.
Conclusion
Essentially, a service-oriented architecture can be a huge benefit for any company that uses Web-based applications. It can provide new functionality for programs written on outdated platforms and it can save developers time in not needing to write new processes when useful ones already are in existence. While service-oriented architectures may be the hot topic of the moment, it seems clear that they will continue to be an important part of business for many years to come.
Charlie Fink is the vice president of product development and delivery for WestLake Training and Development. He has been designing and developing leading software solutions for over 15 years and h...
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Unfortunately I live in the real world. As an independent software author specializing in industrial automation applications, I am still having a hard time figuring out how I can leverage what I know into a service that my company can provide to an established customer base.
Many of the industrial automation giants such as Siemens, Fanuc, & Allen-Bradley provide comprehensive software solutions such as SCADA and DCS (at a premium price) to their customers, and this "one stop shopping software paradigm" makes it difficult to find areas where us small folks can cultivate new business opportunities.
I would like to invite Charles (or any other DeveloperFusion member) to discuss and identify SAAS methodologies where there is an established business base, but software companies like mine can still find niche opportunities to leverage our knowledge of SAAS into real business opportunities.
Thank you Charles for your contribution; authors like yourself make DeveloperFusion a website that I visit everyday.
Best regards,
Scott
scott@isdtech.com
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