Service oriented architecture in enterprise integration

Abstract

Today in the on demand market, organizations try to achieve competitive advantages using information technology (IT). Nowadays organizations in addition to managing their internal operations use information technology to collaborate with their clients and suppliers. Organizations try to use enterprise applications for these. Moreover organizations expect technology to cooperate with their changing on demand needs. IT faces challenges in integrating different systems into functions that can address organizations' needs on demand and span across organizational boundaries. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) as architectural frame work addresses the problems in the previous enterprise applications. This paper discusses the key challenges experienced by enterprise applications during its development and necessities of Service Oriented Architecture in the enterprise integration. This paper also discusses service-oriented architecture implementation challenges in enterprise integration.