As business and IT managers assess strategies for the service-oriented architecture (SOA), it is crucial to recognize the role that data integration plays in enabling an SOA to deliver on its potential.

This white paper examines how an enterprise data integration platform enriches a service oriented architecture—and how an SOA provides an ideal framework for data integration technology. After reading this white paper, you'll understand:

• The IT and business drivers behind SOA
• The progress made to date and the remaining challenges of SOA
• How to take SOA to the next level with service-oriented data integration
• The anatomy of service-oriented data integration
• Approaches to migrating toward SOA