July 10, IBM released the latest six-oriented industry, eight SOA road map. SOA from the "concept" to the substance. However, SOA should be "ripened", also need to strengthen the focus on the processes and standards to advance.
July 10, "IBM 2007 SOA and Business Growth Summit" Beat together. IBM experts from around the world and China SOA user turns playing, explaining SOA. Conference, IBM announced a new six-oriented industries 8 SOA road map, as well as several software simplifies SOA implementation of new products and further enhance the ability of SOA personnel certification and training programs.
After four to five years of training, SOA is from the "concept" to "substantial." Gartner predicted that in 2008 the world will have more than 60% of the company or application may be implemented SOA, as the development of critical tasks or processes that follow the guidelines.
The manufacturers to embrace SOA
Nanjing Xuanwu District, like many government agencies, have a health department, public security departments, the business sector, etc., between them there is no horizontal business communication platform. But through the implementation of SOA, Xuanwu District, quickly established a new horizontal communication process. Ago to open restaurants, need to apply for a number of departments, and now only need to Xuanwu District Administration Office, you can run the application, and can be tracked through the platform down to the time of application for the grant. The entire application process from the original 30 days, reduced to 7 days.
"The local government through the implementation of SOA, carding process, the improved service levels, reduce operating costs. Through the implementation of SOA, the annual loss of more than 130 million IT investment." IBM Greater China CEO, said the money crowd.
Nanjing Xuanwu District, like many such customers. So far, IBM has helped more than 4,500 customers worldwide success through the deployment of SOA, on the business model of the adjustment and innovation, including a number of other Chinese customers, such as COSCO, Beijing Chaoyang District Government, Shanxi Mobile, Mount Emei Scenic Area , Shanxi tobacco and the oil. According to Wintergreen Research Inc. in April this year, the latest survey, IBM SOA cent of global market share of 53%, far ahead of other providers.
So sought after not only the IBM SOA, many well-known manufacturers have already begun the layout of SOA. May 2004, BEA made loud "Deploy SOA Now! (Now the deployment of SOA!)". September 2006, in San Francisco gathering at BEA World, BEA announced BEA SOA 360o platform plans. The beginning of 2006, Oracle launched the Oracle SOA Suite, the first time to the outside world after the "Oracle SOA five steps to the" methodology system.
China's software developers and integrators have joined to share this torrent. Digital China, the soft, wave, UFIDA, Kingdee, and many domestic leading ISV and integrator are actively working with IBM and other vendors, creating SOA solutions with Chinese characteristics. IBM R & D center in China will introduce SOA 100,1000,10000 projects. Under this project, IBM promised to help to train the next three years, more than 100 senior experts, more than 1000 architects and SOA SOA more than 10,000 professionals.
"SOA concept 45 years ago only to now have a road map, products and services, be said that has entered the mature phase of the medium-term." IBM Software Group, SOA, Global Vice President Dan Powers said in an interview.
The path leading to SOA
Who is the most urgent need for SOA? Dan Powers said, banks, insurance industry, government departments and public institutions in these industries the demand for SOA customers the most robust.
For the demand, during the General Assembly, IBM released for telecommunications, insurance, banking, retail, healthcare and manufacturing industries 8 six SOA road map.
According to reports, the new SOA roadmap focuses on a specific industry's key business process areas, such as the telecommunications industry in the service delivery problems, the insurance industry in online ordering problem, the banking sector's payment, the retail of personal shopping problems, medical health-care industry registration and membership qualifications, and manufacturing supply chain coordination problems.
Each SOA road map contains a SOA strategy to help clients develop business plans and a framework for the development of specific industries. Among them, the business blueprint and summarized from the analysis of industry challenges, and industry to benefit from a detailed study of SOA start. Each study will be tailored to specific business events, describes the typical business process implementation, and how to use SOA to improve it. Meanwhile, the blueprint also recommends an SOA entry point to help businesses more easily find the business value of SOA as soon as possible the best starting point.
IBM Global Technology Services, IT strategy and architecture consulting services Jeanine Cotter, vice president, said in an interview, the implementation of SOA strategy, the customer should first consider the combination of technology and business. "Usually we would recommend that customers from the business and operational objectives of Priority proceed, in service with the business strategy will assess the degree of priority, it can help customers better understand yourself what you really want to do." Jeanine Cotter recommended the implementation of SOA is a gradual process, the implementation of SOA strategy can not be done overnight.
Experts explained that the correct understanding of SOA, find the entry point is the basic. SOA is not just a technology, is a business platform that will service all applications in the form of auto-configuration and re-use, users only need timely adjustments to business changes in their organization can adapt to new changes. The implementation of SOA, from the people, processes, information, reuse and connectivity as the entry point for the five key points: the staff as a starting point, to provide enterprises with comprehensive information, improve productivity; Cut from the process, you can re-use and optimization process; from information cut into, can improve the information service level, to improve business insight; to reuse as the starting point, can reduce costs, shorten cycle, expanding the core application; to connectivity as the starting point, can be internal as well as upstream and downstream inter-enterprise system, consistent user experience to achieve security. For domestic companies, the most difficult process is cut into.
"Enterprise requirements according to business development and current situation, and draw their own needs, the best practical strategy for the deployment of SOA." The expert said that the building of any project risks, enterprises implementing SOA projects can be started from a single, even the project started from a single small, to gain experience; for information technology a high level of the user, you can right business accordingly diagnosis, development of enterprise SOA in Lu Xian Tu, sub-Bu 完成. In China, most businesses already have their own application system, for them, legacy systems and new systems of policy can be said that the crucial point. For legacy systems, you can separate business, separate services to be implemented SOA; for new systems, maintain in accordance with the planning and implementation of enterprise SOA.
Process standards that require attention to be resolved
In the conference, IBM executives have been emphasizing, SOA is not just a technology area, but the business combination with a business strategy, it is a way to help companies continuously improve.
In fact, these concepts have been widely publicized. Business-centric, service-oriented business and IT is the combination of IBM has been strongly advocated the core of SOA. Apart from technology, platform, developed to have had a lot of real products and applications, the real impact of SOA all-round development of what is it?
IBM offers users in the five SOA entry point for the deployment, the "process" is a business-centric entry point for the key words.
"In China, users in the process of implementing SOA platform and technology very seriously; but in fact, play a crucial role in the real process, but often we ignore that foreign companies would do better in this regard. "Shanxi Mobile IT Planning Research Manager Chen Gang said.
Shows the process flow in the deployment of SOA has been neglected, with the domestic enterprises and foreign enterprises of different business management has a great relationship. Foreign enterprises are inherently process-oriented management, staff understanding of the concept for the process is also very deep, but at home it is difficult to do this.
In fact, precisely because there is also the process of asking the process of IT systems, and this is the year the opportunities that SOA, as with the development of information society, enterprise business process change cycle getting smaller and smaller, which need to closely integrate the IT systems and business moving at random.
In addition there has been no attention to the domestic user process issues, standards development SOA has been a bottleneck in the process is also strongly advocates want SOA to solve the problem.
"If SOA is to plug the idea analog building block approach to build flexible, reusable enterprise IT system, then the standard is equivalent to the floor with a jack." Analysys International analyst Xin-Gang Liang said. But in March this year by IBM, BEA, Oracle, SAP and other vendors in China Primeton SOA established the International Organization for Standardization OSOA, SOA was issued technical standards related SCA / SDO.
The introduction of SOA-related technical standards issued only the first step in its standard, we expect to see as soon as possible the second step, third step, because the introduction of the standard may be able to fully blossom into a catalyst for SOA.