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Today's businesses understand SOA, but they don't always understand how to get started. SOA entry points help businesses pursue SOA by taking a project-based approach.
A recent study of over 500 companies illuminated three core business-centric SOA starting points (people, processes, and information) and two IT-centric starting points (connectivity and reuse). ("WebSphere: Quantified customer value study," 2006, Mercer Management Consultants) IBM helps its clients use these entry points with focused offerings.
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As you become knowledgeable in the suite of IBM SOA offerings, you can broaden your reach to new and existing customers by leveraging the integrated nature of SOA and these entry points.
For example, Business Partners who have implemented a portal using WebSphere Portal can expand their portal implementation to a process entry point using business process management. This gives their customers a real-time view and management of the business processes.
As another example, Business Partners who have completed a process or connectivity implementation using WebSphere Application Server can expand to a people entry point with WebSphere Portal by providing an executive dashboard to those important business processes.
Businesses are continuously upgrading and changing processes, applications, databases, and views. With SOA, all parts of the business can stay linked and be supported through these continuous changes. This multiplier effect helps prepare the enterprise for groundbreaking innovation.
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