Service-oriented architecture (SOA) has the power to help transform business, yet many SOA projects have resulted in disappointment. Why? Because they have been approached by IT as a purely technical initiative.

The fact is successful SOA deployments come from collaborate between business and IT that drive innovation across the enterprise. "Own Your Process, Own Your Information, Own Your Business with SOA" from IBM shows why SOA projects deployed in a vacuum of IT are doomed to failure, and how if pervasive across business SOA it can drive greater agility and cost savings.

When executed along with business process management (BPM), SOA has the power to support agile business and IT optimization and alignment, while taking advantage of information and analytics, breaking down application silos and rigid IT systems, and freeing business execution from application constraints. The white paper demonstrates through real-world examples how approaching SOA from foundation of integration and connectivity, with a focus on business process improvement and using information as a strategic asset can deliver powerful business results. Download the white paper now to learn how to better: "Own Your Process, Own Your Information, Own Your Business with SOA".