The strategic value of SOA: A comparative case study in the banking sector

International Journal of Information Technology and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-53

  Baskerville, Richard L ^a   Cavallari, Marco ^b   Hjort Madsen, Kristian ^c   Pries Heje, Jan ^c   Sorrentino, Maddalena ^d   Virili, Francesco ^e  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Team Lab sa   (Switzerland)

^c IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Architecture; Bank; Case study; Extensibility; Reusability; Service; Service evolution; Service Oriented; Service Oriented Architectures; SOA; Strategic value

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; INFORMATION SERVICES; REUSABILITY;

BANK; EXTENSIBILITY; SERVICE; SERVICE EVOLUTIONS; SERVICE ORIENTED; STRATEGIC VALUES;

SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA);

EID: 72049095852     PISSN: 14614111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJITM.2010.029433     Document Type: Article

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