What Is SOA? The Revelation Behind SOA

by | Feb 7, 2012 | architecture, general, Software Development

SOA or in full, Service Oriented Architecture is a technology that shares resources on a network within the workplace, to be accessed when needed by the users. Unlike the other system architectures, SOA is more flexible and in that the resources that are being shared are connected and can be made use of at the same time. It is the best choice for a network of especially great numbers, in that there many users on the network. Also if there are users who will connect remotely, it is a good approach to use spread the resources. By using SOA, each of the services provided will make use of the software system individually, while making use of the same system. As much as it sounds wasteful and over bearing on the system, it is not. Given that the services on the SOA are making use of the system that they are on, they are only producing different outcomes to that of each user; however it is the same service or action. An example of SOA is the use of ATMs (Automated Teller Machines). The concept is that the individual (remote) users can each have access to the banking services, in a kind of unique way to them. Now when we apply the SOA approach, the users will make the use of the “Retrieve balance” on the system, however, the results will be the balance of their own bank accounts. This is the same if a company makes an internet based request. In the end the same system is being made us of, because in the end it is the same...