SOA Integration
Enterprise integration can be a massive undertaking for any enterprise. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is the best tool for making Enterprise Integrations tractable or solvable. As shown in the following diagram, an SOA is an architecture that allows you to divide your problem space (as defined by your supporting applications) into manageable "chunks" that match your key business functions. These "chunks" or services provide a simpler façade for users that hides the complexity and messiness of the necessary implementations of a business system.
An example of enterprise level business services evolving over time can be viewed by clicking here.
The services that will work for an Enterprise SOA-based system lie in a very narrow range of all possible services. They must be neither "too coarse grained" nor "too fine grained." A typical large enterprise will normally require no more than 20 to 35 enterprise services; many can be implemented with fewer. Business Process Modeling allows you to discover the business functions and data that naturally underlie your business processes and convert them into enterprise level SOA services.
The Pros From Dover, Inc. (TPFDI) team knows many business patterns that include enterprise services, such Billing, Ordering, Customer Service, etc. . This allows TPFDI to support your need to get an enterprise SOA implementation up and running much faster than software tool vendors or professional services groups.
SOA provides natural points for integration of a BPMS (Business Process Management System) with your people and your legacy applications into a flexible system that directly executes your business processes. The integration of a BPMS with people and applications provides the flexibility for your enterprise to respond quickly to changing business needs. A SOA-based system provides natural points for integration (via federation) of multiple legacy systems targeted on the same elements of your business process, e.g., billing or ordering. A SOA-based system also provides natural points for integration of systems and workstations using diverse or incompatible communications protocols and interfaces.
Members of The Pros From Dover, Inc. are included as co-inventors of "Systems and Methods for Managing Business Processes in an Enterprise", a Patent-Pending methodology for integrating business processes with SOA.
SOA allows an approach for rapid implementation and immediate business impact.
First you build the services you need right now. This provides Immediate value. You don't have to worry about everything all at once. Using Incremental development allows you to use a small (smaller) team which costs less and facilitates creation of a cadre. You don't know what you need 5 years from now, so there is no way you could "build the right system" now anyway. With SOA, we can guarantee that the system we build today can be extended and morphed into the system you need 5 years from now. The Pros From Dover, Inc. can work with you to create the Roadmap to create your initial SOA and BPMS based enterprise integration solution.
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last updated 2010/04/20