Credit Crunch SOA - Innovation

One of a series of posts exploring how the current economic conditions are affecting the SOA world. What are the implications for organizations and individuals?

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Crisis? Hurray, Crisis!

... shouts Ron Tolido (Cap Gemini) (via JackBe)

• headroom for innovation
• it’s in the proverbial pressure-cooker that real innovation occurs
• could uncertain times be a boon for SOA? (Joe McKendrick)

Innovation Loves a Crisis

... boasts Jonathan Schwartz (Sun Microsystems)

• open to change
• technology, not headcount
• driving down cost
• driving up utilization
• driving the changes that yield immediate and long term benefit

Return to the Real World

... predicts Andrew Bartels (Forrester) (via InfoWorld)

• for many vendors, it will mark a return to the real world
• "must-have" software, not "nice-to-have"
• for example, BI and analytics software geared more toward real-world needs than the arcane requirements of investment traders

Do the Real Work

... recommends Dave Linthicum

• don't buy into SOA just to go along with the crowd
• insure that the solution is right for your problem domain

In Short

SOA is not the lazy option: it never was. But in a time of crisis there simply are no lazy options any more. Business survival, for vendors and users alike, means embracing new challenges. Innovation here we come.