Service oriented architecture gives an organization – enterprise IT. Functionalities are expected to service more than one application need i.e. enterprise need instead of residing in each application separately. When an organization decides to go for enterprise IT, there will be definitely business drivers which will result in monitory benefits. But in addition there will be technology factors, which force the management and architect to think of a SOA approach. In this post, we are going to discuss few common technology factors which drive SOA decisions.

SOA, which is Service Oriented Architecture, is a buzz word since recent past. It is also getting accepted in organizations having a pool of applications supporting business requirements. To understand what is service oriented architecture, let us start with the first word ‘Service’. We understand what a ‘Service’ means and then take it forward to connect with architecture.