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Service-Oriented Integration: A Strategy Brief

Overview This paper discusses a next-step standards-based approach to reducing the liability of heterogeneous IT systems called ?Service-Oriented Integration? that lowers the cost and complexity of IT operations by improving the flexibility of deployed systems. This new approach goes beyond integration, to enable consolidation and rationalization of technology assets while eliminating roadblocks that stifle business innovation.

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Publisher	IONA Technologies	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	January 2004	Downloads	24
Format	White Papers
Topics	EAI, Server Consolidation

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