Service Oriented Architecture.

Service Oriented Architecture is a software design approach whereby key functions are built as reusable components which implement industry standards for interoperable communications.

SOA enables loose coupling, interoperability, management of change and operation of business services in a well governed environment.  Business Services operating in a well-run SOA can be composed into business processes that align IT with the business.

SOA Development Offering

Hartford Consulting Group is a professional services firm that specializes in software development and systems integration. At HCG, we build software to help our clients grow. HCG delivers enterprise-level, business critical solutions utilizing expertise in both Java and .NET technologies and covering solution areas that include:

1.  SOA/EAI
   

2.              Connecting critical internal and external systems, thereby increasing operational efficiency and leveraging existing assets.
   

3.  Web Development/Portals
   

4.              Connecting companies to their customers and partners.
   

5.  Collaboration and Content Management
   

6.              Providing infrastructure and tools that make workers more efficient.
   

7.  e-Commerce
   

8.              Web site design, implementation, testing, and deployment
   

9.  Business Intelligence
   

10.              Providing internal and external users with accurate, timely, actionable information in the most understandable format.
    

11.  Custom Application Development
    

Goals with SOA

1.  Simplified, Integrated and Standardized IT Portfolios
   

2.  Better Reuse of New and Existing IT Assets
   

3.  Improved Interoperability Reduces Integration Expense
   

4.  Consolidation of Redundant Processes
   

5.  Opportunity for Common Infrastructure Services
   

6.  Inability to Improve Business Processes
   

7.  Creation of Business Modules that IT Aligns with Business Needs.
   

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Key SOA Concepts

1.  Distributed systems are composed of autonomous services
   

2.  Loosely coupled services make few assumptions about each other
   

3.  Platform independent communication through open standards
   

4.  Enterprise-strength communication, security, reliability and transactions