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SOA Decisions Kicked Upstairs

IBM survey says strategic decisions to adopt a SOA are shifting away from IT staff to C-level executives

IBM quotes a survey it had the Link Group do and says strategic decisions to adopt a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and what partners should be brought in to do it are shifting away from IT staff to C-level executives and business managers. At least that's what over 60% of the respondents told Link, enough for IBM to say that "business leaders not engaged in the SOA decision-making process will soon find themselves at a competitive disadvantage." Link also found a severe shortage of SOA skills in the market.

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SOAWorld News Desk 07/16/07 03:13:52 PM EDT

IBM quotes a survey it had the Link Group do and says strategic decisions to adopt a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and what partners should be brought in to do it are shifting away from IT staff to C-level executives and business managers. At least that's what over 60% of the respondents told Link, enough for IBM to say that 'business leaders not engaged in the SOA decision-making process will soon find themselves at a competitive disadvantage.' Link also found a severe shortage of SOA skills in the market.