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Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of the SOA/Web services approaches for an IT operating environment.

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Include a 2 page description of integrated web services.

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This solution explains briefly the advantages and disadvantages of Service Oriented Architecture. It also includes a brief description of integrated web services.

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Service Oriented Architecture and Web Services.

In a 3 to 5 page paper, discuss the benefits and drawbacks of the SOA/Web services approaches for an IT operating environment.

Benefits

Drawbacks

Include a 2 page description of integrated web services.

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Benefits of SOA/Web services

• Interoperability achieved through XML-based open standards
• Cost effective
• Implementation independent
• Portability
• Flexible, extensible and scalable

Drawbacks of SOA/Web services

• Concerns regarding security issues with web services.
• Issues regarding the ability of web services to handle long lived transactions [1].
• Organizations need to analyze their design techniques and development methodology before moving to SOA[3].

SOA is an architectural style for building software applications that use services available in a network such as the web. It promotes loose coupling between software components so that they can be reused. Applications in SOA are built based on services [3]. A Web Service is a modular application that is self-describing, and ...

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