Solutions & Services: Services Oriented Architecture
Service Oriented Architecture is becoming an accepted approach to solving many of the problems seen in IT today and provides an important new avenue for the integration of applications.
BCT Group are widely involved in delivering Service Oriented Architecture solutions using Sun Microsystems’ Java Composite Application Platform Suite™ and Sun Java Application Platform Suite™ . Our experienced approach allows us to examine the current enterprise, identify suitable technologies and skills, and deliver a cost effective, best-fit solution. Our SOA consulting can provide skills in all areas from Project Management, Architecture, Design and Development.
For organisations just starting out in SOA, progress can be slow and often invisible to management and users alike. Involving BCT Group will provide a head-start for your projects, eliminating many of the risks experienced when adopting new technology. Our implementations focus on the best approach for the enterprise rather than subscribing to a single vendor’s definition of SOA. We have experience with a wide variety of products from Sun, BEA, IBM, and Microsoft.
BCTs approach covers many areas where SOA can be an advantage:
- Integration Services - leverage existing applications and infrastructure allowing legacy applications to become part of the future direction. By providing a service interface to an existing system, normally untouched by the enterprise, the existing system can openly communicate with its related systems. This approach extends the shelf life of your current enterprise, increasing its value, as well as providing a safer approach when decommissioning systems.
- User Services – providing users with a portal to the organisations applications. SOA components can directly translate into a more refined user experience with each service playing its part in delivering information and business functionality through re-use and extensibility. A user may be viewing a single report, while behind the scenes the information is built from several services drawing information from disparate systems.
- Business Processing Services – SOA components represent a view of the business domain. By providing a simple way to plug-and-play these services, business processes can be rapidly constructed and refined in a flexible and robust fashion, leveraging open standards and tools. A major benefit of SOA is its agile approach, allowing businesses to change processes and requirements to suit, avoiding excessive costs and time restrictions seen in previous projects.
Contact BCT Group today for more information or a free demonstration regarding Service Oriented Architecture and our Knowledge Discovery Platform is based on SOA.
