Overview

One of the main drivers for SOA is the increasing need to address interoperability in Enterprise systems and that is interoperability across many systems and many sites; this will almost certainly include integration with external organizations e.g. suppliers, funders, etc.  Traditionally this is addressed using Enterprise Architecture Frameworks.  SOA should be one of the possible implementation architectures for the Enterprise Architecture.  Enterprise Architecture is concerned with ensuring that the business processes of an organization are integrated irrespective of how those processes are implemented and located across the organization.

In this fourth session of the SOA series I shall discuss the relationship between SOA and Enterprise Integration as a whole.  While the focus is on Enterprise Integration the discussion addresses developing, using and supplying products that can be used in such environments.

Podcast

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Booklet

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	This is an EPUB file. It is designed for use with eBooks.

Source Materials

The set of source materials available are:

• Slides – Microsoft Powerpoint files
• Booklet – Adobe InDesign files (CS4)
• Podcast – Apple GarageBand (5.0.1)

Useful Links

Useful sites with general material on SOA are available at:

• Enterprise Architecture – definition on Wikipedia
• IT Governance – definition on Wikipedia
• SOA Governance – definition on Wikipedia
• Enterprise Service Bus – definition on Wikipedia
• The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) – framework home page
• Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework (MODAF) – framework home page
• Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DODAF) – framework home page
• Zachman Framework (IBM) – framework home page

Licensing

The materials developed under this Digital 20/20 project are made available under a Creative Commons license.

Service Oriented Architecture: Preparing Your Business & IT Products by Colin Smythe, Dunelm Services Limited, June 2009 is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.

The attribution should be: Colin Smythe, Dunelm Services Limited, June 2009.