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Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) aims to create agile enterprises with flexible IT systems that quickly adapt to changes in the dynamic business environment. Drawing on experience gained from designing the Infosys Radien Framework, this paper illustrates
... the building blocks required for designing and implementing applications using SOA concepts. Using a systematic requirements-driven
approach, it guides application architects and developers in developing an enterprise application framework for SOA from concept to design and implementation levels.
The architecture of a system is a specification to capture the structure and functionality of a system in an abstract fashion. The specification should help stakeholders understand different aspects of the system before construction. Existing approaches to
... architecture description need to be enhanced as they fail to fully capture the unique characteristics of an enterprise system.
Enterprise architecture integration has matured to enable information sharing across geographies and platforms. It has also become very complex. As a result, vulnerability analysis is crucial to assess
and safeguard against threats.
*These articles appeared in the SETLabs Briefings on 'Enterprise Architecture and Business Competitiveness' (Oct-Dec, 2004).