LOW RISK APPROACH TO A SERVICEORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA)

Kevin Schmidt Director, Product Management Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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Business Integration Challenges

1. IT operations convergence 2. ERP/CRM rollout 3. Extending legacy applications 4. Business process change 5. Portal consolidation 6. Customer data integration 7. Operational visibility 8. Mergers & acquisitions 9. Application integration 10.EDI/VAN replacement

SOA can be an answer to these challenges

Many Possibilities for Deploying SOA

Key is to Make the Right Choices Up Front
High-Risk Approach Low-Risk Approach
Lack of a business sponsor Initial project not well defined or too large Rip and replace No rules or policies established Commitment of a business sponsor Well-defined project based on business priorities Wrap and reuse Center of Excellence established

What's Different About SOA?

New Approach to an Old Problem

Incremental, can be built out over time Allows process-centric vs. application-centric view Service-enables existing assets Improves alignment of IT with the business

It's more than an IT project, it's a business transformation

SOA: A Smarter Approach

Leverage and integrate existing IT assets; create new business capabilities with composite applications
Service Scheduling Order Processing Account Management Other Composite Applications

Composite Applications Composed Business Processes Reusable Business Services Data Repositories

Check Customer Status

Check Credit

Check Inventory

Check Order Status

Create Invoice

Marketing

Sales

CRM

Finance

Data Warehouse

External Partner
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SOA Benefits the Organization

Aligns Technology to Business Needs
CFO CTO/ Architect Developer LoB Business Analyst CIO Faster ROI Lower risk by leveraging existing infrastructure; build foundation for future Lower maintenance and higher productivity Increase agility to respond to business needs Reuse processes and services Reduce backlog and time to market
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Suns Enabling SOA Technology

Integrated, secure platform to develop, deploy, and manage composite applications in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) Preserves investments in existing applications Based on Web services, open standards, and Java Unified integration platform
Service Access

Java Composite Application Platform Suite (Java CAPS)

Composite Applications
Design
Service Composition

Composite Web Interface

Business Activity Monitoring

Single Entity View

Service Orchestration

Business Process Management

Service Integration

Adapters

Business to Business

Partner On-ramping

Data Management

Enterprise Service Bus

Messaging Developer Tools

Application Server

Registry and Repository

Directory Server

Access Management
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Management

Portal

SOA Scenario - Retail

Background: Subsidiary of the second largest retailer in the World

Challenges:
> Minimize risk while replacing 42 legacy applications and

centralizing 5 different databases

Sun Solution:
> Progressive rollout, co-existence of legacy and new system > Integration platform provides the foundation of a long-term

infrastructure strategy

Benefits:
> Minimized risk > Reduced development and maintenance costs > Accelerated time to market
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SOA Scenario - Media

Background: World-leading provider of digital television entertainment, broadband satellite, network services, and global video and data broadcasting

Challenges:
> Minimize risk while implementing new billing system

Sun Solution:
> Standards SOA-based integration infrastructure > Common services framework

Benefits:
> > > >

Phased, non-disruptive Improved availability and process efficiency Reduced time to market Lower maintenance costs
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Low Risk Steps to SOA

1.Gain buy-in 2.Understand the business requirements 3.Focus on process-based initiative 4.Leverage what you have 5.Promote sharing of services for fast ROI and re-use

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Why Sun for SOA?

History of Helping Enterprises Realize Real Results, Benefits from SOA
Unparalleled Integration Platform with Java CAPS:

Comprehensive Unified Secure identity and access management Standards leadership: interoperability and portability Platform: choice
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Learn More.
Call Sun: 1-866-596-7234 x14 (US) 1-650-960-1300 (Outside US) or visit: http://www.sun.com/javacaps

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LOW-RISK APPROACH TO A SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE

Kevin Schmidt kevin.schmidt@sun.com

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