Why IBM for SOA
Service Oriented Architecture, or SOA, is an approach to IT that can help mid-sized businesses like yours streamline business processes and achieve greater flexibility. It's about creating an innovation-ready environment with the flexibility to introduce new products and services, enter or create new markets, and revamp business processes as soon as opportunities appear, or as soon as you happen to envision them.
IBM SOA is designed to help clients extend the value of the applications and business processes that are already running the business today. It is interoperable and fully modular allowing you to select components on a build-as-you-go basis adding components as new requirements are addressed over time.
What we offer
IBM and IBM Business Partners offer easy-to-implement and cost-effective SOA solutions to help your company optimize the value of existing and new investments so that you're ready for just about any curve thrown your way. They help make interaction and collaboration easier and more effective, streamline business processes and provide all stakeholders with access to timely, accurate and consistent business information, all of which enhance your productivity, promote efficient operations and increase your profitability.
- SOA Entry Points
Service Oriented Architecture entry points will help you get started!
- IBM Express IT Strategy Assessment
Not sure where to begin? IBM can work with you to assess critical aspects of your IT environment and provide a benchmark comparison of your IT spend. You get recommendations for improvements and a roadmap with prioritized steps.
- IBM SOA Self Assessment
Ready for SOA? Take the IBM Service Oriented Architecture Assessment to understand you company's current state and get recommendations to help you unlock the full benefits of SOA.
- Smart SOA tutorial
A quick, interactive introduction to Smart SOA and the SOA continuum.
- SOA Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to frequently asked questions - helping you to get started with SOA.
Learn More:
- SOA Simplified: IBM VP Sandy Carter takes you through the basics
- Solution Brief: Using SOA to Transform People, Processes and Information (PDF, 947KB)
- Solution Brief: Remixing IT for Greater Value - Extend the Value of IT Resources with SOA (PDF, 778KB)
- Case Study: Atlas Air's efficiency takes off with SOA-enabled business process management (PDF, 293KB)
- Application Integration and Connectivity
Fundamental to a Smart SOA approach that enables information to flow freely within and across processes and services.
- SOA Governance
Helps you make better IT decisions and drive service re-use value.
- SOA Management and Security
Enables visibility to monitor and control SOA based services and applications.
- SOA Healthchecks
Get your SOA in shape. Identify problem areas and develop treatment plans to help ensure that you realize the return on your SOA investment.
Smart SOA™ brings people, process, information and technology together for cost optimization and agility. It provides the means to pull out reusable business functions from your application portfolio to dramatically increase the alignment and value of IT to the business. Service orientation changes the way we approach and meet the changing needs of the business - providing the basis for working smarter in relation to IT, business processes and overall business model.
