Joe McKendrick, ebizQ's SOA in Action Blogger, is a nationally published author and consultant
with deep knowledge and insights regarding trends and developments in
the technology industry. He is a contributing editor to a number of
national and international publications and Websites including
Database Trends & Applications, ZDNet, and Webservices.Org. He also
serves as analyst for Evans Data Corp., and is lead analyst for Evans'
Web services and enterprise development management issues surveys.
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« Survey: Runtime Automation Improves Governance | Main | Secret to SOA Success: Top-Down or Bottom-Up? » October 10, 2006It's Early for SOA, Latest ebizQ Survey Shows In my last post, I talked about ebizQ's latest survey of 313 enterprises, which reflected the state of governance within budding SOAs. (Listen to the Webinar here.) As Beth Gold-Bernstein so aptly put it, "the press may be starting to get tired and getting ready to move on to the next big thing or hype, but in reality, most organizations are really just starting to get serious about SOA." SOA has been around as a oft-discussed and well-hyped concept for at least three years, but only just over one out of four respondents (28%) say they've actually got services deployed. Another 21% consider themselves to be in the pilot stages, while 24% are in exploration of SOA. In most cases, companies have less than 10 Web services in production. As Beth pointed out, the industries taking the lead in deploying SOA include financial services and banking, insurance, technology, and communications -- industries that typically are at the cutting edge. "These are often the early adopters of new technologies. Interestingly, they were also the early adopters of integration technology. That's not a coincidental finding, that early adopters of integration technology are drawn to SOA. They already have the infrastructure, and they’re looking for better ways to do that; they’re ready to move on." What these survey results tell us is that enterprises are just starting to experiment with the possibilities of what service-oriented architecture can offer, and there is still a lot more we don't know than we do know. Enterprises still need to formulate their governance strategies, and establish ways to measure the results of their efforts, both from an IT efficiency standpoint (more easily measured) and a business standpoint (more difficult to measure.) One thing is certain, however -- we know who the early adopters are -- financial services, telecom, and technology companies -- and we can watch and learn from their misteps and sucesses. Posted by joemckendrick in SOA | Digg This | Add to del.icio.us Trackback Pings TrackBack URL for this entry:
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