WOA is in town !!

By S.Suren

Just as you thought we had enough of new service delivery models and system architectural styles to help with development of Enterprise IT for the next 2 years at least, a new pops up from around the corner.

This time we are talking about WOA (Web Oriented Architecture). This is more closely aligned to what we now know as Web 2.0 and looking at it from a business systems development point of view, we could perhaps refer to it as Enterprise Web 2.0.

Given that models such as SaaS have fueled much competition and debate,(click here for a great debate between SAP Chairman and Salesforce.com CEO on the future of SaaS) Enterprise Web 2.0 could be the next best thing for top Enterprise Solution vendors to look at.

Though some would argue that WOA is actually a part of SOA, it is quite noticeable that WOA could make a path of its own when it comes to assisting with designing web services that are interoperable and user friendly for both the implementers as well as the final users.

What ever said and done, at the end of the day we would be rating the success of this architectural style based on where it stands between the 2 axis, richness of application and complexity of business processes and ease of use.

I shall keep this website updated with more info on this issue in the future.

Hope you found this post informative.

For more information on SOA click here to visit my previous post.

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