Logblog: Global enterprises, governments turning to SOA

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Global enterprises, governments turning to SOA

Research from Zapthink takes a look at the 'State of Worldwide Service-Oriented Architecture Adoption.' Analyst Ronald Schmelzer comments on the increasing global reach of SOA:

" . . . the net result is that no multi-national company can afford to avoid or overlook the issues associated with global distributed computing. Issues related to international regulatory compliance, internationalization and localization, support for multi-ethnic cultures, languages, and business practices must be the method de facto to be supported in any SOA initiative rather than an after-thought once the application is delivered in a particular language or cultural bias."

Schmelzer says that SOA adoption is not just happening in North America and Europe, noting:

"...substantial uptick in SOA adoption in Australia, India, Korea, China, Singapore, parts of Latin and South America, and the Middle East. Many of these global initiatives have a particular industry bent, such as a strong telecommunications presence in Korea, banking and insurance in Australia, government in Singapore, manufacturing and services in China and India, and retail in the Latin and South American regions."

Just last week a report in Defense News noted that the DoD is moving its web portals to a service-oriented architecture. It makes sense for the DoD to make sure that the right relationships between data can be connected, automating compliance and making data accessible in the most effective and cost efficient manner.

We're finding that the public sector is looking at SOA more and more as well at LogLogic. Log Management and Intelligence delivered as an SOA turns proprietary closed systems throughout the organization into ‘Open Log Services’ that can be re-used and repurposed, helping with all kinds of compliance from FISMA to PCI.

More findings on SOA at Zapthink.

Posted February 10, 2007 in Compliance , Innovation , Log Management & Intelligence | Permalink