State of the tools

Abstract

Where there is a new movement in IT, support tools are sure to follow. The world of the SOA is no exception, with a host of products springing up that claim to deal with the issues that a move to the architecture bring up. According to a study carried out by analyst firm Aberdeen Group, organisations that made the investment in SOA infrastructure - such as enterprise service buses (ESBs), repositories and registries - are significantly out-performing companies that just develop and use web services without these support tools.