Study reports slowdown in SOA adoption
Leading research company reveals there is increase in the number of companies without plans of using SOA in the next 12 months.
Due to lack of skills and expertise, or because the business case does not add up, the research by Gartner revealed, vnunet.com reports, a growing number of firms are putting off or on hold implementations of service-oriented architecture (SOA).
The research showed that the number of companies with no plans to use SOA has jumped six per cent in 2007 to 16 percent this year, even as it also revealed that 53% of organizations are already using SOA in some part of their organizations, and 25% have plans to do so in the next 12 months.
Daniel Sholler, Gartner research vice president, said the number of organizations already pursuing SOA shows a massive change in the future perception of SOA from something that is essentially inevitable for all organizations in a short time, to a situation where many organizations have evaluated SOA and have chosen not to spend time and effort on it.”
The research identified the two main reasons for not pursuing SOA as the lack of skills and expertise, and no viable business case. However, the analyst firm added that many organizations are confused about how to construct a suitable business case for SOA.
