The Challenge

Businesses are investing in SOA, undertaking wide-scale implementation of new services intended to make IT more nimble and efficient.

SOA has great promise, but SOA implementations take time. Multi-year development and deployment cycles are typical. In most cases, the pay-off remains a future promise. Only 37% of SOA implementations have delivered a positive ROI.

Meanwhile, business workers and IT workers in departments and divisions across the enterprise need ready access to data today. They applaud the principles of SOA, including component re-use and ad hoc services, but they're not convinced they need to wait for a SOAP and ESB-based implementation of services to reach their particular domain.

A Sales VP needs his report today. The Business Development team needs market analysis tomorrow. Who can wait for SOA?

At the same time, who can afford to deploy new technology wholly incompatible with SOA?

Can businesses reap the benefits of data services today, without hindering their future development of SOA?

The Solution

The SnapLogic Data Integration Framework enables enterprises to benefit from the best of both worlds:

• Ad hoc, rapidly developed data integration services at the Edge
• Integration through a SOAP interface component with Core SOA infrastructure, such as an ESB

Benefits

• Rapid integration between the Edge and the Core of the Enterprise IT Infrastructure
• Full access to SOA services, such as the ESB and SOAP-based Web services, running at the Core
• Full access to SnapLogic data integration services running at the Edge (in departments, divisions, etc.)
• Adherence to key SOA principles, such as reusable components, rapid integration, and Web services