As more enterprises adopt service-oriented architecture principals and practices, outsourcing may become an easier, more manageable option.

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The key offerings are in the server management services and system oriented architecture.

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Much of the work around service oriented architecture in recent years has been to promote the de-coupling of business logic from underlying technology.

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An elevator-pitch definition of service oriented architecture would be: Loosely-coupled services with well-defined interfaces that provide business functionality and can be shared or reused across and beyond the enterprise.

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