As the popularity of SOAs continues to grow, the need for standards-based technologies to accelerate the adoption of an SOA increases. Organizations which lack this standards-based foundation are unable to examine their SOA in terms of services, and are, therefore, unable to reduce maintenance costs, improve organizational flexibility and build highly reusable business processes.

This white paper details SOA best practices, providing a method to overcome many of the challenges associated with this infrastructure. Discover the common benefits associated with SOA, BPEL, and various standards-based technologies. Explore the methods necessary to reduce maintenance costs and create a real-time workflow, and learn how to leverage the capabilities of an SOA through automation and highly reusable processes.