Strategies for enterprise data management (EDM) and service-oriented
architecture (SOA) are often pursued as separate, disparate programs and
initiatives within organizations, both as a business requirement as well as
an IT implementation perspective. However, there are important overlapping
and interdependent components, processes, and quality checkpoints for each in
which coordination is necessary to ensure the success of either strategy.
Furthermore, by coordinating these strategies, organizations will realize
opportunities to optimize:
The business value of enterprise data and services (e.g., increased
operational efficiencies/quality, increased business services utilization and
profitability, and decreased development/maintenance costs) Economies of
scale and syner... (more)
Organizations often pursue strategies for enterprise data management (EDM)
and service-oriented architecture (SOA) as separate programs and initiatives.
However, there are important overlapping and interdependent components,
processes, and quality checkpoints in which coordination is necessary to
ensure the success of either strategy.
Building on the main points discussed in part one of t... (more)