SOA filling the Gaps

I recently  read a TechCrunch article titled: The Rise of Big Data Apps and the Fall of SaaS written by Raj De Datta. I do agree with the prefix. As far as the suffix is concerned, I can only explain why  Raj De Datta's opinion is wrong.  I usually tend not to agree with statements about premature End of Life of technologies or architectures or trends. In most cases, it easier to kill a concept in writing, than to persuade a large number of users to change their habits. The root of the opinion that Business Logic Centered Applications are in conflict with Data Centered Applications, derived from specialization of IT experts. The approach of experts specialized in Data is different from the approach experts specialized in Applications. I also read an interesting related  Gartner Research Note titled: Overlaps in Data Integration and Application Integration Represent Significant Opportunities . This Research Note written by Gartner's Analysts Ted F...

Almost every Information Technology implementation and IT Architecture includes Information and Data. SOA is not an exception. The following sections will highlight some important aspects relating SOA to Enterprise Information. SOA and Enterprise Information Integration (EII) I recently read an A berdeen Group Survey published in February 2008. The survey title is Enterprise Information Integration : The Foundation for Business Success and Transformation. While reading it I almost thought I am reading about SOA: Abstraction EII is an integration architecture abstracting the data source. Agility and Business Responsiveness This Abstraction Layer is Business Responsiveness and IT Agility enabler. Black Box - Data Consumers are not aware of the information sources, Information infrastructure (e.g. databases) and location (e.g. specific instance of a database or a specific file) could be changed without changing the co...