Why hiring an architect may be a good idea

Enterprises that truly want to integrate business and the IT infrastructure might consider pulling an IT architect on board, especially if service oriented architecture is on your to-do list for the future. According to tech experts, specific knowledge of infrastructure and architecture can be a handy skill to have for enforcing data standards and making interoperability actually happen. As service-level agreements are a key aspect of any SOA effort, tech leaders would be well advised to consider hiring on some expertise to help standardize the governance of services.

For more on why an architect is needed today:
- read the blog post at CIO

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