SOA slowing down
Gartner says the " Number of Organizations Planning to Adopt SOA for the First Time Is Falling Dramatically ". I will summarize the facts as below: 53% of person contacted are using SOA in some part of their organizations 25 % were not using it but had plans to do so in the next 12 months 16 % no plan to use it 20 % are building Event Driven Architecture 20 % are planning to do EDA in the next 12 months Since the beginning of 2008, there has been a dramatic fall in the number of organizations that are planning to adopt SOA for the first time. down to 25 percent from 53 percent in 2007 Many organizations have evaluated SOA and have chosen not to spend time and effort on it The highest concentrations of organizations not pursuing SOA and having no plans to do so are in process manufacturing and agriculture and mining SOA adoption in Europe is nearly universal, moderate in North America and lagging in Asia Main reasons listed are: No clear business case – but there is a great de