SOA - Enabling Interoperability And Business Agility March 2009

This document discusses service oriented architecture (SOA) and the challenges and benefits of adopting an SOA approach. It provides definitions of SOA and describes how SOA works by decomposing applications into services that can be composed together. The document outlines both the business challenges and technology challenges that SOA aims to address, such as brittle applications and inconsistent user experiences. It discusses how SOA enables greater business agility and flexibility compared to traditional application development approaches.