Technology should always be an enabler, not an inhibitor, of achieving business goals. The inability of inflexible, tightly coupled legacy systems to respond quickly and effectively to business needs is a key reason companies have invested in flexible, loosely coupled SOA. But without proper control, the flexibility of SOA can devolve into chaos. By definition, SOA brings a dramatic increase in the number of interdependent moving parts in the systems environment. In turn, an increase in the number of parts is accompanied by an exponential growth in the number and complexity of interdependencies.

This white paper looks at the fundamentals of SOA Governance, the different lifecycle stages a service goes through, and the importance of aspects such as policy-enforcement points. It also suggests criteria you should follow when evaluating an SOA registry/repository.

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