Here’s an interesting question: What happens when you service-enable batch processing?

If you’re curious about just what the business benefits would be, then check out this recent article by Ronald Schmelzer, an analyst with ZapThink, a consultancy and analyst firm specializing in SOA and SOA training.

“From a Service-oriented perspective, the Service contract and policy would have to specify how many times a batch can be executed in a single day, how long the batch takes to operate, and any other Service or data dependencies.”

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