For those executive getting funding for projects in the survey, which included more than 150 “decision-makers and influencers” implementing SOA strategies in the US, Canada, UK, France and Germany, 59 percent of the money was allocated for business solutions, 22 percent was specifically earmarked for SOA and 19 percent was redirected from other sources. The 59 percent for business solutions is a key indicator of how SOA is now viewed by executives, according to Jason Bloomberg, senior analyst with ZapThink LLC.

“When 59 percent of the budget comes from business solutions,” the analyst said, “the question is no longer ‘here’s SOA, how do we justify it,’ but rather ‘here are the business problems, how do we solve them.’ IT shops must understand that SOA provides additional tools in the toolbelt, but IT, and architects in particular, must know which tools to use to solve which business problems, otherwise SOA initiatives will risk becoming stalled.”

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