Caveat: My day job is as Head of SOA in an Outsourcing company I don't think SOA means in house only, it can be very much about understanding what should be retained in house and what is not core and ensuring that the internal people are focused on the value and leaving people with greater scale to industrialise the business services that are not differentiating.
Outsourcing also doesn't just mean cheaper it also more and more has to demonstrate how it brings appropriate value. Again a shift away from applications and towards Business Services makes a lot of sense. Company plug (something I try and avoid but this is relevant): http://www.capgemini.com/services/outsourcing/applications/solutions/ puts SOA and BSA at the heart of how we do things in particular how we understand the most appropriate cost and value model for a given area. Steve 2008/7/8 htshozawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > That's exactly what's happening - companies spinning off their IT > department into a separate company. I, also, think Gervas is being kept > busy from all those help wanted ads because companies are also turning > to off-shoring parts of their IT such as service desk. > > It may be that SOA is being initiated by IT because they have much more > to loose when business side may just be thinking that they can > outsource IT operations to cut cost. > > H.Ozawa > > --- In [email protected], "Rob Eamon" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> If a company wants such a relationship between IT and other groups, >> then go all the way and have IT literally charge for the services--no >> funny money, no goofy "chargebacks." Money leaves the groups and goes >> to IT. IT is allowed to sink or swim. >> >> The half-way approach is rife with problems. >> >> -Rob >> > >
