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Viele reden über SOA – aber wie soll man damit anfangen?

Dieses Papier definiert sechs Schritte, um den Einstieg in SOA zu erleichtern.

Retailers have always had to grapple with change – in their customers' needs and preferences, in the product assortments offered from season to season, in their sourcing relationships and supply chain capabilities, and in their strategies for creating differentiation. Today, the pace and complexity of the industry is such that it can be exceedingly difficult to keep up with marketplace dynamics, much less capitalize on them. At the same time, the penalties for those who fail to do so can be severe.

Today's retailers source products from all corners of the globe. Typically, a number of manufacturers, suppliers and distributors are involved in the process – creating the need to seamlessly integrate information and applications across internal and external networks. The IT systems a company relies on to support its business must keep pace. While this might seem like a daunting task, it doesn't have to be. Service-oriented architecture (SOA) can help retail organizations simplify complexities and resolve incompatibilities that may inhibit data integrity, information integration and partner collaboration.