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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

SOA or WOA…Which Do you Prefer?

Do you know the difference between SOA and WOA? Services-oriented architecture and Web-oriented architecture. According to InformationWeek, SOA and WOA work at different layers of abstraction meaning that SOA works at a systems level layer that looks to implement business capabilities consumed by many applications; WOA is resource-oriented, has more limited services and focuses on data. The article provides the benefits and risks of each but argues that each are complimentary and not mutually exclusive in an enterprise architecture.

by Joe Francica on 08/13 at 04:49 PM | Comments | Bookmark and Share

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