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SOA: Remixing IT for Exponential Returns

Overview What can Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) do for your business? Watch this IBM ForwardView Webshow to learn how SOA can help you get more from your existing IT investments - both now and in the future. Included is an example of how one company used SOA to modernize its data silos without having to rip and replace their legacy systems.

This Webshow was featured in ForwardView, the premier IBM eMagazine that provides growing businesses with the latest news and trends at the nexus of business and IT. It's full of thought leadership and marketplace insight applied to real business problems.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	IBM	File Format	HTML
Date Published	March 2007
Format	Presentations
Topics	Middleware, ROI - TCO, IT Reliability, SLA, Service-Oriented Architecture

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