Execs Have a ROI Issue with SOA
ZDNet on August 21, 2007
This blog touches on a Nucleus Research survey that revealed that only 37 percent of companies have achieved a positive return with service-oriented architecture. Executives are unhappy with the results, and this blogger recommends planning extensively for ROI when starting an SOA project.
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