Leveraging Legacy: The Fast Track to SOA

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Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is making big waves in the IT industry, finding its way into most IT vendor strategies and marketing messages. In this report, numerous case studies identify and illustrate decision criteria and key best practices for dealing with existing mainframe applications in the move to SOA. To set the context, the report describes the strategic impact of SOA, SOA adoption in the marketplace, and options and technologies for dealing with mainframe applications.  Forrester, Apr.07