Survey: SOA missing the mark

One of the problems with hyping a new technology (like SOA) as a silver bullet solution for complex problems--especially in the IT arena--is that the reality can be disappointing for some. That's one of the main take-home points from a survey recently conducted by InformationWeek. Respondents reported that a high percentage of SOA projects are not meeting expectations. While ten percent of respondents say that SOA/Web services have exceeded their companies' expectations, and 58 percent say that they've met expectations, some 32 percent say that the technology has fallen short of expectations. The pressure on SOA to succeed in the enterprise is high for most organizations--so when people find SOA underwhelming, they can get pretty specific about their complaints: 58 percent of those who were dissatisfied said that SOA introduced more complexity into their IT systems rather than resolving it; 30 percent found SOA to cost more than they expected.

For the full results of SOA survey:
- read the article in InformationWeek