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Service Router Design Pattern-Scaling Cross-domain SOA

Creating Common and Scalable SOA Solutions for the Enterprise Leveraging an Enterprise Service Router (ESR)

In this white paper, SOA expert David Linthicum discusses a new architectural component that solves scalability issues to enable cross-domain federated SOA.

Despite the many instances of SOA that are emerging within the Global 2000 today, the ability to leverage common services and a common metadata layer in a secure and scalable manner is paramount. While many attempt to approach this problem only at the project levels, the issues around service and information sharing quickly becomes something that spans the entire business. This can include thousands of services under management that must be secured as they flow between problem domains.

This white paper outlines the core issues and opportunities behind the quest to provide a common services and information management layer, including what it means to the business in terms of ROI. The paper suggests not only a solution pattern and an approach, but provides information on strategic enabling technologies to get your enterprise where it needs to go.