A recent report states that about a third of today's IT groups admit an inability to keep up with business changes as they occur, and another 40 percent realize the need to shore up tech investment to gain agility in that area. That's why so many organizations are looking at service-oriented architecture. However, although it's been around for awhile, SOA is still very misunderstood and few enterprises have gotten on a grip on what it can do and how to make it work successfully. Find out what it's all about and see if it's a viable solution to get your tech efforts aligned and in pace with business needs.

For the scoop on SOA:
- read this article at CIO