SOA Announcements October 2006

IBM is making another marketing blitz to help customers better understand IBM's take on SOA and how IBM can help. See the details at the SOA Launch Preview.

The latest announcements focus around four key points:

1. Importance of business process management (BPM) for SOA
2. Importance of SOA governance
3. Preparing IT infrastructures for SOA
4. Industry-specialized SOA services initiative (WebSphere Business Services Fabric)

More info:

• New IBM Software and Services Accelerate Business Use of Service Oriented Architectures (press release)
• IBM Broadens SOA offerings (InformationWeek)
• IBM adds tools, services for building SOAs (Computerworld)
• IBM beefs up SOA business (CNet)