 - SOA governance refers to the processes used to oversee and control the adoption and implementation of service-oriented architecture (SOA) in accordance with recognized practices, principles and government regulations. SOA governance provides optimum service quality, consistency, predictability and performance, ensures that
personnel follow prescribed policies and corrects system problems or policy infractions as they occur.
SOA governance consists of three major components: a registry, a policy and a testing procedure: - SOA registry is an evolving catalog of information about the available services in the SOA implementation. The registry allows businesses to efficiently discover
and communicate with each other.
- SOA policy is a set of behavioral restrictions intended to ensure that services remain consistent and do not conflict with each other. These constraints also ensure that good engineering practices, common-sense customer relations principles and government laws are followed. A specific person may be designated
to grant occasional policy exceptions.
- SOA testing is a comprehensive schedule of audits and performance-monitoring procedures intended to ensure that the entire SOA solution is efficient, cost-effective, secure and up-to-date.
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Learn more about SOA and IT governance |
| Podcast: The essentials of SOA governance: In this podcast, noted SOA expert David Linthicum discusses why SOA governance is critical and the technology that enables it. |
| HP integrates design and runtime SOA governance: HP integrates its OpenView SOA Manager with the Systinet technology it acquired with Mercury to provide "closed loop" design time and runtime governance. |
| SOA Governance: This chapter discusses strategies for best going about keeping the checks and balances between business and IT using SOA governance. |
| A middle way to SOA governance: According to iTKO's John Michelsen, the governance blind spot for both SOA and REST Web services revolves around change management. |
| Gartner: SOA governance remains crucial: Gartner Analyst Paolo Malinverno reports that too many organizations aren't making sure that developers adhere to the rules that are being set for SOA development. |
| SOA Governance Tutorial: Our new SOA governance tutorial contains tips, expert advice, trends, news and products you need to learn how to successfully govern your service-oriented architecture. |
| Podcast: Why does the ESB matter in SOA?: Mulesource CEO Dave Rosenberg discusses why he thinks enterprise service bus (ESB) is a critical piece of middleware for those pursuing an SOA strategy. |
| Podcast: What is the SOA repository?: SOA governance has become a paramount concern for enterprise architects and the SOA repository is emerging as a critical tool for change and IT asset management. |
| Podcast: SOA and Web 2.0 – why composite apps matter: The common thread between SOA and Web 2.0 is composite applications. This podcast investigates the realities and best practices of composite app assembly. |
| Podcast: The essentials of SOA governance: In this podcast, noted SOA expert David Linthicum discusses why SOA governance is critical and the technology that enables it. |
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