Service oriented architecture
The constantly growing number of software applications in any organization requires the implementation of the right tools for integration between them. Here are coming for help our knowledge about SOA (service oriented architecture) and the possibilities to provide solutions for literally “orchestration” of the connections and the processes between the separate applications in the organization. Thereby we replace the traditional development of clumpy giant products with transparent system for interdependence and control.
Technologies and Solutions
Oracle SOA Suite is a package of high level integrated products that helps for the rapidly design, assemble, deployment and management of exceptionally flexible and adaptable business applications. This entirely based on standards infrastructure represents a solution that perfectly match with your existing IT investments.
Benefits
- The design is done with familiar tool – Oracle Jdeveloper
- A connection can be made in practice with everything – platforms, databases, services, messages, etc.
- Full tracing of process cycle, serious monitoring
- The important product Oracle BPEL Process Manager is included
The Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) represents smarter way for creation of IT systems that respond directly to the business conditions. The interesting thing is that SOA is as much technology as a business approach and methodology.
The main purpose of SOA is to make the IT people say much many times and more often “yes”, than “no”. The role of SOA is to make the business solutions supported by the technologies and not the business ideas to be predetermined or limited by one or another software solution. In relation to this you can consider SOA as universal adaptor that can connect through intelligent mechanisms each business application to another.
With SOA the business processes (like issuing invoice, calculation of interest, making of reservation) become business services (part of code that describes business processes and can connect to other business processes). For one business service you are using one function in your entire IT system and when there is a need to change one business practice you can do it from one single place. Thereby you obtain consistency in your organization.
As a basic instrument for implementing SOA in any organization we recommend and use Oracle SOA Suite.
*SOA scheme
Benefits
Fast and effective development, testing and integration of applications
Faster reaction time through a more rapid realization of new business requirements
Reduction in the efforts needed for connection and support of numerous interfaces between applications
Higher level of standardization and reusable services
Great flexibility in the designing of business processes
Through the implementation of the services the separate components of the IT systems can be isolated and changed according to the company’s needs
The value of the additional services of SOA is reduced because of the fact that there are more services provided
Investment protection through identification of existing business functionalities