Anne, I agree with your point about focus. Focus on the right level for a given situation. Focus on the right services to be built/exposed, not about tying applications together.
But I don't think that changes whether or not integration is a core part of SOA. SO principles are about defining services and their interfaces with the "outside" world. Again, I agree that integration isn't *the* thing to focus upon, but it is an SOA thing, IMO. -Rob --- In [email protected], "Anne Thomas Manes" <atma...@...> wrote: > > Rob, > > If your focus is integration, then you're less likely to be thinking > about reducing redundancy through application consolidation. > Integration is driven by individual projects, i.e., taking lots of > small steps, but not bothering with the "thinking big" aspect. If > you combine SOA with a strong application portfolio management > effort, then I don't think the difference is anything to be > concerned about. The execution of specific projects tends to be > equivalent. > > Anne
