This briefing offers a comprehensive take on the most significant trends in the SOA solutions markets. The brief details five key trends, highlighting the likely impact of these trends on enterprises and technology vendors.

Scope

Presents Datamonitor's view on the main trends that are likely to affect the SOA market in 2008. Examines the impact of the dominant application delivery and development models on the SOA solution market. Considers the impact of the changes in SOA competitive landscape.

Highlights

Following the initial successes in facilitating IT development flexibility, SOA will have to justify existing investments and continue to deliver real business value. Therefore, the biggest challenge for SOA is how to enable flexible business processes defined and developed by business users. SOA will have to continue to align itself closely with other dominant technology trends such as the rise of the Software as a Service model, the demand for rapidly developed situational applications and competitive landscape consolidation.

Reasons to Purchase

Identify dominant application development and delivery trends that are driving the demand for SOA solutions. Predict the repercussions of the changes in the SOA competitive landscape. Explore the routes to delivering better business value from SOA projects.