Sun Microsystems has unveiled a new, specialized Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) practice called SOA Path. The new offering is integral to Sun's initiative to bring pragmatic Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions to market. The new offering allows customers to access Sun's Java platform and SOA implementation expertise at critical points in the SOA technology lifecycle, from concept, through readiness to implementation. The initiative is designed to help customers practice, adapt, transform and hone their Java Web services using a pragmatic approach that delivers incremental, affordable benefits based on standards-based solutions.
"Today's IT infrastructure requires a higher level of abstraction, integration and alignment to ensure true business agility," said John Loiacono, executive vice president of Sun's software group. "Sun believes that its pragmatic SOA approach offers customers the agility and security needed to meet business challenges head-on, both today as well as in the future. Sun's SOA expertise, Java technology innovation and industry-leading, standards- based products represent the building blocks for a highly flexible and unified enterprise Web services environment."
Services Provided by SOA Path include:
- SOA Jumpstart Workshop: A program to assist customers as they execute an SOA approach to business systems implementation in terms of services requirements analysis, services candidate architecture and services implementation. The workshop also helps to prepare both technical and business teams so that they can actively contribute to and collaborate in the process of designing, implementing and accepting the new services oriented approach to delivering business services.
- SOA Opportunity Assessment: An analysis of key business processes & Enterprise Architecture alignment that results in a comprehensive set of recommendations and a roadmap for adopting SOA. Within the jointly prioritised and agreed-upon scope, primary areas analysed include architecture, organization strategy, skills, process and practices, Technologies & Tools. The analysis also evaluates design time & deployment considerations for specific composite application/services implementations that are currently underway.
- SOA Proof of Concept: Identify & evaluate key candidate projects that have significant business services reuse potential and deliver Services Candidate Architecture for them as Proof of Concepts. This approach ultimately leverages economies of scale in delivering business services, minimizes risk and simplifies business initiatives through services reuse.
- SOA Centre of Excellence: A focal point for reinforcing and promoting SOA recommended principles and reuse of current processes, procedures, frameworks, standards and compliance.
Sun's pragmatic approach to addressing SOA implementations is recognized as a leadership move from Sun. "Vendors who understand the importance of an architected approach to the application of Web services technology are investing heavily in SOA as a core competence," said Nick Gall, Research VP at Gartner, Inc.
For more information on how you can get on the SOA Path, send an email to soa-info@sun.com. Additional information on the Sun Java Enterprise System, the Sun Java System Suites and all of Sun's announcements can be found at Sun's product website at www.sun.com/products. |
