SOA Architect

The SOA Architect Requires Innovative Solutions

More and more enterprises are realizing the wisdom of transitioning to a service oriented architecture (SOA). As the global marketplace has become increasingly driven by technology, enterprises have had to focus on application integration to make information and applications more available. Yet because most enterprises have an integrated infrastructure that easily accommodate change, integration has been a difficult and costly proposition for the information architect. The service oriented architecture promises to change that. By reconfiguring all applications and systems as reusable services, the SOA architect can help the enterprise achieve greater availability and agility. Applications that once could not communicate with each other easily can be efficiently combined to offer new functionality to solve new business challenges. The service oriented architecture creates a foundation for growth and change, allowing the application infrastructure to evolve quickly and easily. For the SOA architect seeking a platform to support deployment of a superior service oriented architecture, consider Progress Software.

Progress Software Delivers a Leading Platform for the SOA Architect

Progress Software offers a leading application infrastructure the SOA architect can use in developing and deploying a service oriented architecture. Whether instituting a gradual transition to SOA or building a brand new architecture, Progress provides the tools and software to manage the process with ease. With our legacy product line, Progress OpenEdge, the system architect can more easily minimize complexity in the enterprise infrastructure and significantly increase the flexibility, scalability and reliability of new service oriented initiatives. By implementing SOA architecture best practices and strategies that facilitate communication and collaboration between various business applications, databases and computing platforms, SOA allows critical information and processes to be accessed by anyone, anywhere in the organization. The OpenEdge platform also allows enterprises to employ the best approach to a particular need, using industry standards such as Microsoft .NET, Java, XML, messaging services and more.

Providing the SOA Architect with Superior Tools

Progress Software provides the SOA architect with a portfolio of valuable applications that simplify the deployment and management of service oriented architecture. These include the industry's first enterprise service bus, which provides a cost-effective way to centrally develop, deploy and manage services distributed across the extended organization; and the industry's leading messaging server, which improves connectivity and reliability.

A core tool for the seasoned or new SOA architect is Progress® Sonic® - a family of products featuring an enterprise service bus, a standards-based enterprise messaging system, and additional solutions that simplify the task of refashioning business processes and applications. These are applied as modular, standards-based services that can be accessed by users throughout the enterprise or combined to create new functionality to meet changing business requirements.

Progress Software also offers application infrastructure software, business infrastructure solutions, business integration applications, and an integrated development environment built on an Eclipse plugin.