You are right! There is a real mismatch here, with BI pooling in one direction of close understanding of the data and SOA pooling in the other direction of isolating internal data behind interfaces.
But we can implementing a BI solution by using EDA and SOA. Not only do we get our basic BI, but we actually get better, real-time BI. a good article is titled: "*Data on the Outside vs. Data on the Inside" * at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms954587.aspx By: By Pat Helland Microsoft Corporation All the best Ashraf Galal On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 8:52 AM, nibeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm still trying to get my head wrapped around SOA and all it entails > in my industry, which is turning out to be quite a challenge! This > group has been a wealth of information and I thank all of the > contributors for that. > > I was recently reviewing some documents by the team that manages our > data warehouse project, and they stated that they are looking at a SOA > based approach to their ETL system. After pondering this for a while, > I'm not quite sure I get what they are trying to do. My gut tells me > they are simply using the term SOA so they sound important :-) > > Anyway, does anyone have any concrete example of how SOA and ETL > can/do relate? I can see that a discussion around data services may > involve ETL, as the ultimate source of the data, but a SOA driven ETL > process seems kinda upside down to me. > > Thought this may be an interesting discussion. > > _mike > > >
