In this Economy, it boils down to be Service Oriented.

“From the history, we know many examples where small armies won wars against much more powerful enemies. The secret was in the activity and efficiency of small armies; they did not stand still, they moved and regrouped trying to discover to the enemy’s weakness. They demonstrated flexibility in reactions to the threads; they flew around to avoid collisions. Thus, business effectiveness, flexibility, dynamism and adoptability to external changes is the business strategy for surviving an economic storm.

Today, SO is the methodology that possesses all mechanisms for flexibility, dynamism and adoptability to external changes because of its core service orientation. The strength of SO is not in an integration of legacy systems somewhere inside IT, but in the ability of services to independently change its collaborating partners, resources, compositions and creating new collaborations to address new changes. SO is the methodology that can direct business toward organizational and operational efficiency under the pressure of constantly changing requirements.”

- Michael Poulin, a UK-based enterprise solutions architect and contributor over at the ebizQ site

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And, remember, if you are looking for the right tools for SOA, WSO2 Carbon is the small army that would win the battle for you. This is where Ann Thomas Manes' analytics went wrong.

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