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Changing the way industries work - The impacts of service-oriented architecture

Overview It might seem natural for business executives to dismiss discussions of software design, but service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a high potential technical innovation worthy of business executives' attention. Like the Internet, SOA has the potential to fundamentally alter how businesses collaborate and compete. And ready or not, it will change your industry.

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Publisher	IBM	File Format	PDF
Date Published	June 2008
Format	White Papers
Topics	Infrastructure Management, Knowledge and Data Management, Business Management, Service-Oriented Architecture, Application Development

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