Redefining Business Capabilities
Using Service Oriented Architecture with Web 2.0 technology.
Download som PDFThe formalization of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and pairing with Web 2.0 has quietly proved its value across many industry sectors.
Success hinges on allowing people to interact with new types of collaboration tools based on communication and content. The key is to apply a blend of people-centric Web 2.0 with flexible, process-supportive SOA to act as external business model drivers.
In time, this will lead to more radical business change that some industries have already faced. In music, travel, entertainment and other vertical industry sectors, well known brands have struggled to survive, and in some cases disappeared, as consumers change their expectations and buying habits.
Welcome to the end of business as usual, a time to recognize exactly what change is occurring through business and technology that is leading to new capabilities.
This White Paper discusses examples of how some enterprises have used SOA and Web 2.0 as change levers, sometimes to create a completely new business model. It introduces a “Diamond” conceptual model to facilitate sharper of business areas and underlying technologies.