Title: Achieving True Business Agility with SOA

Presentation Synopsis: Imagine if no two DVD connections were the same, and you had to rewire your sound system and big-screen TV setup every time you wanted to watch a DVD. The process of preparing to watch a movie would be decidedly unpleasant.
   
This scenario sounds ridiculous, but for years, businesses have put up with similar difficulties when working with the systems that support business processes. They've built custom interfaces to integrate monolithic applications, and more often than not, they've still ended up with human workarounds to bridge process disconnects.
Service-oriented architecture (SOA), based on loosely coupled application components using standardized Web services interfaces, can help simplify application integration and process management.

Used together, business process management and service-oriented architecture can form a dynamic combination that leverages the agility and extends the capabilities of both technologies.The combination of business process management and service-oriented architecture will benefit IT professionals and business users alike. The future looks bright for Web services composition and SOA