SOA needs CIO leadership

As service-oriented architecture (SOA) projects move from pilot implementations to larger divisions and enterprise-wide IT initiatives, the need for an effective approach to SOA organisation and governance also increases. In fact, it can be the biggest determinant of SOA success, reports CIO

Because of this, forward-looking IT leaders are increasing their direct involvement in order to address fundamental challenges facing their organisations as they move ahead with SOA.

These leaders have dispensed with the aura of mystery around SOA organisation and governance, taking a pragmatic approach that establishes boundaries for their organisations to operate within, and providing patterns for success that others can follow.

There is not a lot of new content in the latest version of the US defence department`s business enterprise architecture (BEA). And that`s by design.

Some architecture clean-up work is included under the six business enterprise priority areas in Version 4.0 of the BEA. Also, seven HTML enhancements were made, starting with a new home page that improves style and makes it easier to navigate.

But unlike the enterprise transition plan, which accompanied the BEA and includes several new areas of focus, Thomas Modly and Paul Brinkley, co-directors of the Business Transformation Agency, said they intentionally limited the BEA`s content to reduce the number of complications facing service and agency components.

Troux Technologies has released an update to its repository software, part of a wave of tools designed to give IT executives better control over projects.

The company`s Actionable Enterprise Architecture Platform can now output information stored in the Metis repository and put it into the Cognos reporting format, according to company executives.

Repositories to store metadata appear to be of growing importance, particularly in regards to governance around service-oriented architectures.