Microsoft fills in the SOA blanks
MS-Watch | at | by Mike
IBM isn't the only company talking up service-oriented architectures. Microsoft has a grand SOA plan of its own. With much fanfare, IBM rolled out its service-oriented architecture (SOA) strategy on Wednesday. Microsoft has yet to do the same. But that doesn't mean the Redmond software giant is sitting on the SOA sidelines.
"Microsoft's strategy for SOA has two major parts to it," said Pat Helland, platform architect with Microsoft's.Net Enterprise Architecture Team (NEAT). Helland is one of Microsoft's leading thinkers on enterprise architectural issues, including SOAs.