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Is Web 2.0 a 'Distraction' from SOA?

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Is Web 2.0 a 'distraction' from SOA? That's the possibility raised by Gartner analysts in a new podcast released by the consultancy.

As analyst Jeff Comport put it, he has seen many clients "start out with grandiose plans… full architecture, high reuse, repositories and so forth," he said. "Somewhere along the line they get distracted by things like Web 2.0.. AJAX.. and the user interface. And it tends to derail the grand plan to things that are more tactical."

Gartner's Yefim Natis, joining Comport, said that IT has long been a struggle between the forces of opportunistic and systematic implementations, and SOA represents the latest phase of this bipolarity. "The back end part of IT is a lot more conservative, and is in fact is resisting frequent change. It will only accept change only on a regular planned basis."

Natis observes that in order to support innovative Web 2.0 approaches, and organization needs the reliability and innovation that back-end IT -- and SOA -- provides. "In order to be able to innovate, you’re going to have to take care of your core system responsibilities, then add to that your layer of innovation. You can’t convert entire enterprise to a fly-by-night kind of enterprise."

Gartner has been talking up SOA a lot lately, and noted Gartner analyst Roy Schulte will be providing a progress report on SOA in his upcoming keynote at ebizQ's SOA in Action conference, Tuesday, October 30, at 11:00 am. Eastern.

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In this blog (formerly known as "SOA in Action"), Joe McKendrick examines how BPM and related business and IT approaches can promote business transformation.

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Joe McKendrick is an author and independent analyst who tracks the impact of information technology on management and markets. View more

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