British Company Salamander Launches Business-Driven SOA Solution

CIMdata PLM Industry Product News, dated 7/4/07 http://www.cimdata.com/newsletter/2007/27/04/27.04.07.htm

Keeping with my theme of business need driving the system architecture, here is an interesting article on a new SOA tool that directly supports that goal. The British technology and consulting company Salamander has launched the latest addition to its Enterprise software suite – MooD Business Orchestration. The solution promises to unlock value from SOA initiatives and challenge technology-driven SOA providers.Salamander chief technology officer Dick Whittington points out that business have been struggling with SOA approaches as they are conceived and designed by technology providers. He believes that MooD Business Orchestration fills the void by ensuring that design an implementation of SOA technology platforms are driven and controlled by business strategy. It enables organizations to develop a business services architecture that aligns directly with business drivers and structures; what they call a “Service Ready Architecture”. With SOA driven from the consideration of achieving best business value, businesses can take control of the way things work, with agility to make changes at any level, and a clear common understanding of how it all fits together. Okay, that’s the hype. The article fails to provide sufficient detail on how the Salamander product actually works, so considerable more research would be required before I could provide an endorsement. However, I like the concept of a business-driven SOA architecture.