Given the potential for SOA to solve pressing business problems, it’s inevitable that most companies will begin adopting SOA constructs within the next year or two. As they move to SOA, the approach they choose will have both immediate and long-term effects on their ability to support and adjust their ecosystem to meet future business requirements.
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Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 3What is SOA? .................................................................................................................................................................. 4Infor Open SOA commitment .................................................................................................................................... 5The traditional approach to SOA ............................................................................................................................... 7Infor Open SOA: A different approach...................................................................................................................... 9Infor Open SOA: Designed to evolve with customer needs ............................................................................12Infor Open SOA: Implementation ...........................................................................................................................13Conclusion ...................................................................................................................................................................14
Infor Open SOA > Whitepaper Infor is in no way committing to the development or delivery of any specified enhancement, upgrade, product or functionality. See "disclaimer" paragraph contained herein.Introduction
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is the most talked about trend in the software industry today. Not a product or a single technology, SOA is an approach to software development and deployment that, while not entirely new, has gained momentum in recent years.
In a nutshell, SOA promises to help companies increase business agility and reduce the inefficiencies associated with upgrading and extending software. In the context of enterprise software, a SOA can help add new life to existing systems as well as enable the quick introduction of new functionality or services to support new business goals.
While almost every enterprise software provider touts business agility as an advantage of their SOA approach, the manner in which they help companies attain this benefit varies widely. One approach is based on next-generation platforms, which require large investments in middleware infrastructure and, often, re-implementations of core applications.
Infor's approach to SOA-InforT Open SOA-is different. Our customers told us that they wanted solutions with built-in capabilities that provide the benefits of SOA, but without the complexities and high costs. In this whitepaper, we discuss how Infor Open SOA differs greatly from the approach other software vendors are taking by making it far easier and more cost-effective to achieve the business agility and IT flexibility promised by SOA.
Infor is in no way committing to the development or delivery of any specified enhancement, Infor Open SOA > Whitepaperupgrade, product or functionality. See "disclaimer" paragraph contained herein.What is SOA?
SOA is an architectural approach to building and deploying software that is interoperable by design. In a SOA, software capabilities can be connected to one another easily, enabling the efficient movement of information between applications. SOA supports the effective reuseof software, so companies can leverage the assets they already have to solve new and emerging business problems.
To help companies keep pace with fast-changing business requirements, SOA makes it possible to model and configure software assets to address new requirements without the need for developing new software code. The result is a more cost-effective software environment in which the employees who are closest to a problem are empowered to change solution capabilities to meet specific new requirements.
In addition, the SOA approach enables the decoupling of software so components can be implemented and maintained independently of other solutions and components. As a result, activities such as applying upgrades, running backups, and introducing new functionality can be performed on only the applicable software component without impacting other parts of the enterprise software infrastructure. This contrasts... [download for more]
