{"id":2267,"date":"2011-07-14T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=2267"},"modified":"2011-07-14T07:00:06","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T15:00:06","slug":"cloud-computing-and-soa-converging-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/cloud-computing-and-soa-converging-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Computing and SOA: Converging Technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cloud and SOA. \u00a0Two technologies and two hot buzz words. \u00a0Now increasingly, analysts and architects are beginning to see the synergies that are possible by pairing the two. \u00a0The Cloud brings efficiencies of cost and scalability while SOA provides the architectural glue that can bridge and integrate data across applications and services.<\/p>\n

David Linthicum<\/a> summarizes the synergies<\/a> of the fit between SOA and the Cloud by saying that “SOA has the ability to abstract cloud services into processes and composites, and then turn those processes and composites into business solutions.”<\/p>\n

Jerry Cuomo<\/a>, CTO of IBM’s WebSphere business, is quoted by InfoWorld<\/a>, saying that\u00a0“SOA is an architectural style for building applications, loosely coupled, allowing composition. \u00a0Can we build a datacenter infrastructure on SOA principles? \u00a0Yes, and that’s the cloud. \u00a0It’s a service-oriented infrastructure. \u00a0It’s taking that architectural principle of SOA and applying it to an infrastructure.”<\/p>\n

Galen Schreck<\/a>, vice-president and principal analyst with Forrester, thinks that SOA will reduce the cost of applications that run in the cloud. \u00a0\u201cModern service-oriented architecture (SOA) applications, on the other hand, can readily scale up and down,\u201d said <\/a>Schreck.<\/div>\n

Steven Worrall<\/a>, Vice President at IBM, outlines the advantages<\/a> of pairing SOA with a Cloud infrastructure:<\/p>\n

Incremental Build Out<\/strong>. \u00a0 Cloud scalability allows organizations start small and grow SOA in small steps. \u00a0The Cloud lets organizations easily roll out the SOA infrastructure as services become available. \u00a0Gartner analyst Paolo Malinverno<\/a> echoes Worrall’s recommendation, agreeing with a step-by-step approach to SOA deployment, saying “Leaping into such a computing environment too fast is treacherous. \u00a0Gradual adoption is imperative for most enterprises.”<\/p>\n

Deeper Group Alignment<\/strong>. \u00a0SOA projects bring together groups to cooperate on the collection of data and with the sharing and packaging of data services. \u00a0The flexibility of SOA allow IT to develop and deploy services that are closer to the needs of the different organizational groups.<\/p>\n

Secure and Open<\/strong>. \u00a0 The cloud’s reach is broad and allows easy dissemination of data and services to internal groups, partner and vendors. \u00a0While there is likely to be debate on this item, Worrall argues that Cloud standards like PCI, SAS 70, data encryption and identity management provide a solid basis of security for the cloud.<\/p>\n

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The Cloud and SOA. \u00a0Two technologies and two hot buzz words. \u00a0Now increasingly, analysts and architects are beginning to see the synergies that are possible by pairing the two. \u00a0The Cloud brings efficiencies of cost and scalability while SOA provides…<\/span><\/p>\n

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