One of the things that I say that take many people back is that “SOA is not right for all enterprises.” What? How can that be?

Truth-be-told SOA is just a way to do architecture, and while valuable within most problem domains, it indeed may not be right for you. That’s why I always suggest that you do a business case before investing in SOA, making sure to justify the systemic change that SOA typically drives, and should. However, the value of SOA is clearly dependent on the characteristics of the business.

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