First SOA Use and Implementation Study
April 2007

Methodology

An e-mail was delivered to 21,000 randomly selected subscribers to SD Times inviting them to participate in a study on implementing Service Oriented Architectures (SOA). Excluding bounces, the net number of surveys delivered was 20,804. The purpose was to ascertain the use of SOA technologies in their companies, and their awareness of SOA solution vendors. The study was e-mailed on April 8, 2007, and cut off and tabulated by BZ Research on April 14, 2007. A total of 504 subscribers, or 2.4% of the respondents, completed the survey, although not all of them answered every question.

BZ Research designed, conducted and tabulated the study. BZ Research is a division of BZ Media, publisher of SD Times.

Table of Contents

Question 1: Is your company or the companies to which you consult involved in any Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) development projects?

Question 2: What are the biggest challenges you face in migrating to or implementing an SOA?

Question 3: If you are not planning to migrate to or adopt an SOA why not?

Question 4: Who is involved with INITIATING SOA projects OR IDENTIFYING THE NEED for SOA software tools and services at your company (or at the companies to whom you consult)?

Question 5: Who is involved with RECOMMENDING AND SELECTING the tools platforms and services for implementing SOA at your company (or at the companies to whom you consult)?

Question 6: Who is involved with APPROVING THE PURCHASE of the SOA software tools and services at your company (or at the companies to whom you consult)?

Question 7: Is there a formal committee at your company charged with finding SOA solutions?

Question 8: Are you personally involved in influencing recommending selecting or approving the purchase of SOA software tools and services at your company (or for those companies to whom you consult?)

Question 9: Do you have any comments about your company's SOA plans projects and strategy?

Question 10: Have you ever heard of any of the following companies? Ranked in order of awareness

Index of Appendices and Verbatim Responses

Study #2119 costs US$1,495 without verbatims, or $1,795 with verbatims.