Thanks James.I think the key, for me, is your poin...

2009-12-07T23:23:53.637Z

Thanks James.

I think the key, for me, is your point "...for me this means we have to constantly address governance and technical complexities as part of the overall approach..."

Absolutely and this pragmatism is a key success factor...

What I am also very interested in is the "contextual access portal" and whether the current vendors Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, SAP) are supporting this concept to sufficient depth to be a proper enabler as opposed to a technical\architectural challenge that significantly dilutes the benefits or whether the "contextual access portal" will come through the smaller niche or start-up players?

Yes to achieve a loosely coupled architecture is d...

2009-12-07T23:23:53.708Z

Yes to achieve a loosely coupled architecture is difficult, both in terms of technical implementation and governance. As you point out though this is the best approach for the business and IT; for me this means we have to constantly address governance and technical complexities as part of the overall approach. SOA/hosted services/open APIs are now widespread (this is all about loosely coupled architectures) new developments/services are taking advantage of these and providing consumers with added value. Vendors have also realised this and roadmaps, or vision statements outlining how they intend to support this concepts with their products are available. There are SOA governance experts now working with vendors (Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, SAP) to provide enterprises with a methodology and tools to handle this type of architecture.

See
http://www.soa.com/

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