How IT will look like in 15 years due to SOA

The Service Oriented Architecture will change the face of IT in lightning speed. But SOA is not simply a new technology (which in fact is the Enterprise service Bus ESB) but a complete new understanding of IT based on communication and self-organization. In a few years only we will see hybrid all-in-one ERP systems disappear and functionalities like MRP or complex calculations being consumed from external web services delivered by specialized providers like we already consult the book catalogues from Amazon.com or inquire time information from atomic web clocks.

The Truth about the Service Oriented Architecture

This lecture will show what the service oriented architecture really is and how the software industry addresses this challenge. None of the big giants of the software industry – namely SAP, Microsoft, IBM and Oracle – has currently to offer a strong solution for Service Oriented Architecture. Learn, why Axel believes that SAP will lead the SOA industry in a few years due o the string and reliable ABAP platform followed by Microsoft poshed up by a number of promising newcomers.

The Governance of SOA

SOA won’t work with classical waterfall strategies in place. SOA will in fact replace archaic aristocratic IT governance concepts by agile and democratic way of addressing requirements. Although the trivial insights have already been known in the early 1970ties, it is now the time when they will prove to be only strategy to success. Thanks to SOA, IT has now reached the same moment as civilization did with the forming of towns. This lecture will explain the new paradigm by comparing them to the successful strategies of evolution and raise of civilization.

SOA in Action

Many vendors are perfect in “SOA by Powerpoint”. Therefore the logosworld.com Blue Elefant League is proud to demonstrate a working lab example of a company that has replaced all-in-one ERP monsters by orchestrated, light-weight web services from all over.