The title of a nice summary on infoq.
A few gems:
So having vendors claiming “we are still shifting products” while analysts who told people to go and buy those products are now complaining that they haven’t seen the value really is just a farce… SOA hasn’t failed, what has failed is the next generation lipstick on the pig, buy my technology it will save your problems, do a big project it will fix everything style of IT that has always failed.
And:
…those companies that have not yet started a SOA initiative did so because they could not articulate and demonstrate its business value.
And even:
…you should probably avoid using the word “SOA” and instead focus your efforts on building “services” that deliver measurable value to the business.
What a horrifying idea: “deliver measurable value to the business”! What will they think of next ;-)
