SOA filling the Gaps

iPhone 4s, showing Google Search Source: Hebrew Wikipedia Apple 's  iPad  (left) and ,   Amazon 's  Kindle Fire  (right) . source: Wikipedia The advantages of Self Service channels are well known in Banking, as well as in other verticals.  The advantages are depicted in a post I wrote two years ago. The post is titled:    The Marriage of Customer Centric and Multi-Channel .  Recently I read an article  titled: Consumers Addicted to Mobile Banking , written by Jim   Marous. According to the article "Mobile devices are transforming the way consumers conduct their everyday banking. Digital is disrupting existing banking paradigms and creating tremendous opportunities for new financial industry players". As far as the question: Is Mobile Banking a unique Channel? is concerned, no doubt that  Jim   Marous believes that it is unique because is is a paradigm change.   The article cites a survey ...

Winchester Mystery House  Picture source: Wikipedia On January 05, 2009 Burton Group 's Analyst Ann Thomas Manes , published a controversial blog post titled: SOA is Dead; Long Live Services . Few days ago I answered an ebizQ Forum's question:  How important is SOA to a company's mobile strategy?  Only two experts (including me) answered the question. SOA Questions asked in the same ebizQ Forum two or three years ago where frequently answered by 10 or 15 experts. Is the lack of interest in SOA (despite the Mobile context included in the question) an indication of SOA's final death? I do not think so. I have to agree with Mark Twain 's saying: "The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated". As far as SOA is concerned, Mark Twain's saying could be paraphrased as: The reports of SOA's death have been greatly exaggerated. Whinchester Mystery House is a well-known mansion in Northern California . According to W ik...