SOA is not simply a matter of deploying new technology and building service interfaces to existing applications…it requires a massive shift in the way IT operates. … The latest shiny new technology will not make things better. Incremental integration projects will not lead to significantly reduced costs and increased agility. If you want spectacular gains, then you need to make a spectacular commitment to change.

This is pretty much what we’ve been saying about SOA for some time (see Little SOA vs Big SOA from April 2007). In short: SOA won’t succeed if you take an overly technical, product-based view of it (and indeed we’re far from alone in this – ZapThink bangs this drum a lot, too, for example).

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