Bangkok--10 Aug--PC & Associates Consulting
Surprisingly, 33% of organizations in Asia Pacific (APAC) have no plans for a service-oriented architecture (SOA), according to the newly released Oracle? Grid Index IV report, which polled perceptions on Grid Computing and other emerging technologies like SOA. Contrast this with only 5-10% of organizations in USA and Europe that have indicated the same, and the region’s competitive SOA position appears grim.
Similarly, the research shows that APAC lags in the actual adoption rate of SOAs. Only 5% of organizations polled in APAC have implemented an SOA -- compared to Europe (10%) and the USA (20%). Underlining the low adoption rate in APAC is the large portion of organizations (85%) with little or no working knowledge of SOAs. Across APAC, Southeast Asia has the lowest awareness of SOA; with 87% stating they have no awareness of SOAs.
“The awareness and education gap for Asia Pacific seems especially dire as companies cannot adopt what they don’t understand nor implement with any confidence of success,” said Clive Longbottom, Research Director, Quocirca. “The research seems to indicate, however, that Asia Pacific organizations value all the benefits that an SOA can bring, but simply lack hands-on experience.”
Asia Pacific Organizations Value Benefits of a Service-Oriented Architecture Despite the low adoption rate, the characteristics of an SOA can be noted everywhere in the buying behavior in APAC — use of middleware for integration, productive development environments with high re-use and a strong desire to ensure that IT is adaptive and business-event driven.
For example, more respondents in Asia Pacific (37%) than in the USA or Europe indicated a move in their IT infrastructure to enhance flexibility and to be supportive of the business. More respondents in APAC (38%) than in other regions indicated that consistency and re-use will be a part of the natural evolution of their IT. And more respondents in APAC (40%) have indicated usage of middleware to link existing systems together than in the USA or Europe.
“Flexibility, re-use, and consistency are hallmarks of an SOA, and have proven to be a competitive differentiator for leading companies in Asia Pacific such as China’s GuangDong Telecom, Hong Kong’s Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), Korea’s Hanjin Shipping, and Singapore’s YCH Group,” said Doug Gibson, Director, Service Oriented Architecture, Oracle Asia Pacific. “The flexibility that SOAs have given to organizations is truly a competitive edge in many industries. Organizations in Asia Pacific not looking at a service-oriented model will be handicapped when competing with global players.”
Experts in SOA Champion its Value to Business
More than 84% of APAC’s SOA Gurus rated it as highly or critically important to the company’s future success, compared to 16% of total respondents who answered the same in APAC.
SOA Gurus also view manageability somewhat differently than the overall pool of respondents. In general, respondents in APAC stated that managing an SOA would either be “a nightmare” (8%) or predicted that a complete re-work of management tools would be needed (39%). In contrast, among SOA Gurus in APAC, none saw managing SOA as a nightmare and only 12% saw the need to replace existing management tools.
Gibson commented, “SOA gurus in APAC clearly see SOA as a highly manageable model that adds competitive value to their organizations.”
SOA Fast Becoming Established with Technologists Globally
SOA is an important modern approach to technology that enables the IT department to serve business needs more efficiently.
The majority of technologists (IT Respondents) indicated they had heard of SOA and more than half (57%) stated SOA is important, highly important or critical to their business. Additionally, the majority (52%) of technologists indicated they are already moving towards an SOA — either through a major migration to a single architecture, through ensuring that all new functionality is SOA-based, or through modernizing existing applications
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About the Oracle Grid Index
The Oracle Grid Index is designed to map global progress on the journey towards Grid Computing. On behalf of Oracle, Quocirca carries out regular research, selecting and polling over one thousand organizations around the world on their knowledge of, attitudes towards and adoption of Grid Computing. Respondents within each organization are senior decision makers working in lines of business (business respondents) or in the IT function (IT respondents). Numeric data, derived from the answers, gives a single number from 0 to 10 — the Oracle Grid Index. The overall Oracle Grid Index is aggregated from three sub-indices which show preparedness ("Foundation Readiness Index"), Awareness ("Knowledge and Interest Index" and adoption ("Adoption Lifecycle Index").
The research is repeated twice yearly to establish trend information - this announcement is about the fourth cycle of research. As well as Grid Computing questions, Oracle uses the opportunity to ask respondents questions on related topics. In the case of the fourth cycle, the main topic was Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA).
Quocirca conducted 1,466 interviews with senior IT influencers and decision makers, completed in April 2006. 179 of these were conducted in the USA, 721 in Europe and the remainder (566) in Asia Pacific. Respondents were from a mixture of large multinationals and medium to large national organizations across a broad cross section of industry sectors.
Fact sheet
ORACLE GRID INDEX IV REPORT Asia Pacific SOA Findings
KEY FINDINGS: Grid Computing and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
92% of experts in Grid Computing globally were also active in SOA
52% of experts in Grid Computing saw SOA as a pre-requisite for effective Grid Computing
KEY FINDINGS: Service-Oriented Architecture
33% of organizations in APAC have no plans for SOA compared to only 5% in USA and 10% in Europe
Only 5% of organizations in APAC have implemented SOA compared to 20% in USA and 10% in Europe
85% of organizations in APAC have basic or no working knowledge of SOA
However, characteristics of an SOA can be noted everywhere in the buying behavior in APAC. For example,
- More respondents in Asia Pacific (37%) than in the USA or Europe indicated a move in their IT infrastructure to enhance flexibility and to be supportive of the business
- More respondents in APAC (38%) than in other regions indicated that consistency and re-use will be a part of the natural evolution of their IT
- More respondents in APAC (40%) have indicated usage of middleware to link existing systems together than in the USA or Europe
More than 84% of SOA Gurus in APAC rated an SOA as highly or critically important to the company’s future success
8% of total APAC respondents stated that managing an SOA would be a nightmare. In contrast,
- None of the SOA experts in APAC saw managing an SOA as a nightmare
39% of total APAC respondents predicted that a complete re-work of management tools would be needed. In contrast,
- Only 12% of SOA experts in APAC saw the need to replace management tool
49% of Technologists (IT respondents) stated that SOA is important, highly important or critical to their business success
57% of Technologists indicated they are already moving towards an SOA
More information
Further details on Grid Computing and Oracle’s products can be found at www.oracle.com/grid
Further details on Service-Oriented Architecture and Oracle’s products can be found at www.oracle.com/soa
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