The Service-Oriented
Architecture (SOA) strategy allows businesses and organizations to offer their
products and services to customers and trading partners using a standards-based
integration protocol. Web Services depends on SOA for delivery. SOA uses
Extensible Markup Language (XML) to exchange data and information to its
products and services consumers. One of the SOA characteristics is that the
integration is loosely coupled, thus simplifying integration.
Write an eight to ten (8-10)
page paper in which you:
1.
Analyze five (5) ways in which SOA reduces the total cost of ownership
(TCO).
2.
Examine five (5) ways in which using XML enables data and information
exchange between clients and servers using Web Services in an SOA environment.
3.
Compare and contrast the loosely coupled architecture to a tightly coupled
architecture in terms of TCO, maintenance, and implementation issues.
4.
Analyze three (3) advantages and three (3) disadvantages of using a
standards-based integration strategy.
5.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note:
Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow
these formatting requirements:
·
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with
one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or
school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional
instructions.
·
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s
name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and
the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning
outcomes associated with this assignment are:
·
Explain the benefits and risks of service oriented architecture.
·
Demonstrate an understanding of the integration of enterprise systems with
inter-organizational partners.
·
Use technology and information resources to research issues in enterprise architecture.
·
Write clearly and concisely about enterprise architecture topics using
proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.
Grading for this assignment
will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and
language and writing skills
