Can SOA Move Beyond Hype?
Proof-of-Concept Stage According to a recent survey by ebizQ, a New Rochelle, N.Y.-based researcher that focuses on SOA, nearly half of the 244 CIOs and enterprise architects surveyed have SOA efforts in place, but the majority only have 10 services. Half of those responding to the ebizQ survey, which was funded by IBM Corp., say they have more than 10 application development teams working on integration issues, but many are still in the proof-of-concept state. Denis Coderre, manager of revenue applications and information management for NAV Canada, which operates air traffic control towers in Canada, was among those attending the conference to get a better handle on SOA. “We’re at the early stage of evaluating it,” he says.
