Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Today, most companies run applications in many different languages. In most cases, these apps use varied programming interfaces and protocols and run in multiple operating environments. Though they may work well independently, these systems are difficult to integrate, scale poorly and may not be very reliable.

Unfortunately, few enterprises can solve their integration problems by dumping the old systems in the dustbin. Many of these legacy systems have been around for ages and continue to play a crucial role in day-to-day operations. Replacing them completely would be like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Besides, in most cases a forklift upgrade doesn’t make much sense financially.

Instead, many enterprises are turning to a flexible, scalable infrastructure known as service-oriented architecture to integrate the old with the new. And Netspective is helping them get there.

 Service-oriented architecture’s advantages

Service-oriented architecture is a loosely-coupled architectural design which turns an application’s business logic into modules or individual functions; those modules or functions are then presented as a service. Communication between the service and its client is through self-describing, platform-independent interfaces.

Service-oriented architectures help clients and services communicate and understand each other, no matter what platform they run on. Clients on an SOA platform can tap into a service from anywhere, on any OS, and in any language. Meanwhile, enterprises can plug in new services as needed.

Service-oriented architectures offer several advantages:

• SOA is platform-agnostic and allows communication between applications written in different languages and built on different platforms.
• SOA enables re-sue of existing technology by treating functions within them as services, resulting in substantial cost savings.
• SOA enables the creation of new composite applications that leverage the strengths of existing applications
• SOA offers considerable amount of scalability allowing organizations to add new functionalities and services as new requirements arise.

Using service-oriented design, Netspective can help you squeeze more out of your current business processes and existing technology stack.

Netspective’s service-oriented architecture practice

Netspective’s veteran integrators use an integrated and open-standards based set of tools, tied to industry best practices and methodologies, to support organizations in their SOA efforts.These tools are specifically designed for building successful SOA rollouts.

Our SOA solutions are interoperable and fully modular, allowing organizations to select and add components on an enhance-as-you-grow basis. This scalability allows organizations to start small and grow as fast as the business requires.