Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services

SOA and Web Services are the tools that enable IT to accommodate business requests for flexibility while optimizing enterprise application investments.

Gartner predicts that by 2008, more than 60 percent of enterprises will use SOA as a "guiding principle" when creating mission-critical applications and processes.

Cooper's software development professionals can help you to take advantage of the major features of the SOA programming model which will make the software you select, develop, deploy, recommend, or administer easier to develop, reuse, and consume.

Cooper's experienced architects will help you to answer to questions like:

What is the impact of SOA on current Enterprise Architectures?

Alignment of Business and IT Architectures
SOA Reference Models
SOA Governance

How do you develop SOA with a business focus?

Componentizing the business
Service-oriented Modeling and Architecture
Business Process Management

How do you reuse applications in the context of SOA?

Reuse of existing applications
Service registries
Service connectivity

How do you leverage information in an SOA?

Information as a Service
Separation of function and data
Master Data Management

How does my infrastructure support SOA?

Quality of Service
Service Security
Service Management