Service-oriented architecture (SOA) has been increasingly adopted during the past five years, with its promised benefits validated by early adopters. One of the clearest lessons learned is that SOA is all about finding a better approach - rather than a better technology - for enterprise application development. In 2008, we will see a critical emphasis on establishing a new IT culture in which SOA-based projects have a better chance of success.
SOA infrastructure technologies include solutions for service enablement, messaging, orchestration, transformation, enterprise integration patterns, management, and registry/repository functionality. Because SOA is a better approach to IT rather than a better technology, we will continue to see in 2008 a proliferation of software products aimed at satisfying the requirements of the SOA market.
