ZapThink analyst Ronald Schmelzer, whose firm analyzes SOAs and Web services, said the fact that industry giants are throwing their weight behind SOAs in such a determined fashion means that companies planning to use enterprise applications will have to consider SOAs for their enterprises or risk being left behind with unsupported products.

“The day of monolithic enterprise apps that aren’t service-oriented is now over — this effort puts the final nail in that coffin,” Schmelzer said.

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