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August 2006

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Recent Developments

• Grid Computing Fails to Inspire
• Case Studies Highlight Current Reality of SOA Market
• Software As A Service Business Model Keeps Growing
• SAP and Oracle Compete to Build New Enterprise-Middleware Platforms

Updates

Importance of the Technology

The Technology in Brief

• Service-Oriented Architectures
• XML
• The Web-Services Stack
• Web-Services Platforms
• Enterprise-Service Buses

Commercial Development Parameters

• Timing
• Commercialization of AI and KBS
• Promotion of Artificial Intelligence by the U.S. Department of Defense
• Demand Factors
• General Constraints
• Synergistic Technologies
• Competing Technologies
• Required Resources
• Regulatory Factors

Areas to Monitor

• Corporate-Software Expenditure
• Vendors’ R&D Expenditure
• Web 2.0
• Network Infrastructure
• Critical Mass of Services
• Technical-Skills Shortage
• SOA Hype
• Web-Services Standards
• Service-Centric Computing
• Culture of IT Department
• Web-Services Security

Implications of Commercialization

• Improved Enterprise-Application Integration
• Arrival of Third-Party Service Providers
• Extended-Enterprise Integration
• Web-Services-Supported Pervasive Computing

Market Development

• Analysis and Design Tools

Applications

• Internal Enterprise Integration
• Third-Party Service Provision and Brokering
• ASP Integration
• Extended Enterprise Integration
• Pervasive Computing

Players