SOA helps create GREATER alignment between IT and line of business while generating more flexibility – IT flexibility to support greater business flexibility. Your business PROCESSES are changing faster and faster and global competition requires the flexibility that SOA can provide.
SOA can help you get better reuse out of your existing IT investments as WELL as the new services you’re developing today. SOA makes integration of your IT investments easier by making use of well-defined interfaces between services. SOA also provides an ARCHITECTURAL model for integrating business partners’, customers’ and suppliers’ services into an enterprise’s business processes. This reduces cost and improves CUSTOMER satisfaction.