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SOA
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is an approach organizations use to control IT operations and development when data is scattered throughout diverse tools and applications. At the very core of SOA is the concept and implementation of high-performing, always-available, easily-reachable service. Windward:
- Assists customers in building solid SOA IT infrastructures as a foundation for the successful operation of efficient and effective IT environments
- Provides available, discoverable, reachable, and reusable services which can reside on IT assets (i.e., computer servers, data storage elements), and span multiple domains
- Ensures accurate SOA configuration model with Central Resource Manager, Service Catalog, Shared Information Data (SID), Synchronization and Discovery modules
- Is experience in assisting customers to develop and refine infrastructure, Operating Support System (OSS), and governance models for SOA implementation
- Is vendor-neutral, meaning Windward’s exceptional experience and talent is not confined to a fixed SOA solution set
| “Our agency wants to effectively implement SOA to enable IT to be more adaptable to our mission.” |
Windward is focused on the building of solid solutions as a foundation for successful SOA compliant and effective IT environments. The value Windward brings is in the extensive knowledge of proven SOA frameworks and the technical capabilities to implement them. |
| “We are unsure of the main components we need to implement SOA in our agency.” |
Initially, Windward performs a detailed analysis of your IT environment. This analysis provides the road map to SOA compliance. The movement to a SOA environment involves a transition from traditional IT, to the creation of an IT environment that is a service provider organization. |
| “To ensure our inventory is counted and reported accurately, efficiently, timely and in a professional manner, we need an enterprise environment that provides an inventory of our website, and identifies categories of information and services both currently available and to be made available in the future.” |
Windward knows that an accurate inventory is the heart of a SOA transformation. The inventory must be scalable, incorporating both a description of the available services, and the targeted quality of service metrics (availability and performance) that supports a universal inventory. |
| "We have an enterprise architecture initiative centered on SOA, but we are not sure how we can ensure that the applications are communicating in the most effective way." |
SOA-based architectures require not only an understanding of the interface points, but also the workflow required within applications. Windward can bring this experience to the table to ensure that the SOA is deployed correctly. |
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