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Federal Trends in Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Deniece PetersonManager, Industry AnalysisINPUT

May 6, 2010

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Agenda

INPUT Research: Emerging Technology Markets

SOA Relationships Driving Growth

SOA Trends and Issues

Conclusions and Recommendations

Q&A


INPUT Research Scope & Methodology

Analysis of five technology areas poised to greatly impact the federal government in the next five to ten years:• Cloud Computing

• Virtualization

• Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

• Open Source Software (OSS)

• Geospatial Technologies

INPUT bases its analyses/forecasts on:• FY2010 OMB A-11 and Exhibit 53 budget

requests

• INPUT’s Federal Opportunities database

• Federal Procurement Data System data

• Vendor IRS filings

• Agency Plans

• Surveys of federal government IT organizations

• Interviews with government and industry experts

Scope Methodology


Why These Five?

These five technology solutions/architectures are changing the federal IT landscape.

These solution areas address common goals of the administration:

• Cost Savings

• Operational/Process Efficiency

• Energy Efficiency

• Information Sharing/Interoperability

• Transparency

• Agility/Flexibility

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While the technologies/solutions themselves are not “emerging,” (i.e. brand new innovations), the use of these solutions are emerging as the federal government plans its technology transformation.


INPUT Survey: Agencies Perceive These Technology Solutions As High Impact

5Source: INPUT survey

Percentage of federal respondents rating the impact of these technologies as a “4” or a “5,” where 1=No Impact and 5=Major Impact.

n=37


Interrelationship Among Technology Areas Will Drive Growth

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Cloud Computing

Open Source Software (OSS)

Cloud Computing: Allows scalable, on-demand access, processing, and visualization of geospatial data.

SOA: Delivery of geospatial content via web services

Virtualization: Reduces costs by virtualizing GIS servers

OSS: Build and customize geospatial tools (e.g. spatially-aware databases, mapping apps, development platforms)

Underpins Cloud Computing to provide service-oriented delivery via the cloud

Leverages open source for SOA solutions (e.g. Enterprise Service Bus, Business Process Management, portals, etc.

Provides cost benefit and ability to build and customize private clouds

Open source alternatives reduces transition costs

Virtualization enhances SOA by spreading workloads across multiple servers

Provides a more automated, standardized and efficient foundation for delivery of services via the cloud

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Virtualization


SOA Trends and Issues


SOA Explodes the Concept of the Application into a Highly Dynamic and Fluid Marketplace of Services

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User Interface

System Functions

Fixed Procedures

Databases

APIs

Traditional Application Model

Provider A

Client Requests

Service Service ServiceProvider G

System Functions

Fixed Procedures

Provider H

System Functions

Fixed Procedures

Provider I

System Functions

Fixed Procedures

Provider D Provider E Provider FAggregator Services

Provider A Provider B Provider CUser

InterfaceUser

InterfaceUser

Interface

SOA Service Model

Provider J Provider K Provider L


INPUT Survey: Stage of Implementation/Use of SOA

Source: INPUT survey

n=37

Margin of Error: +/-3%


INPUT Survey: Primary Driver of SOA Adoption

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n=89



INPUT Survey: Primary Obstacle to SOA Adoption

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n=89



INPUT’s View - Agency Implications

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INPUT’s View - Industry Implications

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SOA Implications for Federal Procurement

14Softw

are Developers

Contracts

Syst

ems

Inte

grat

ors

Incremental projects a perfect fit for task orders, which limits visibilitySOA increasingly incorporated into “next generation” contract vehiclesConsolidation of SW and services evaluations into single market research effortPotential changes to RFP/SOO: more focus on outcomes, reqmts to reuse assets; stricter SLAs/metrics

Some focus shifted away from ERP/CRM to processesExpanded SW categories

BPMServices repositoriesAutomated governanceWeb services mgmt toolsDynamic component testing

Changes to pricing/packagingSaaSTiered/variableVolume/daily fees vs. seat licensesMore frequent major updatesSubscription/metered billing

Incremental projects replace large-scale projectsLabor-intensive SI work replaced with pre-configured templates, reusable, standards-based solutionsExpanded integration categories:

SOA strategy developmentService IDIT architecture/infrastructure designService process design, dev., and orchestrationTrainingTesting


INPUT Survey: Plans for Obtaining/Sustaining SOA

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n=89



SOA Implementations

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Source: INPUT


Service-Oriented Architecture Market Evolution

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Federal Service-Oriented Architecture Market, FY2009-2014

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Source: INPUT

Total Market CAGR – 17%


Conclusions and Recommendations


INPUT’s Take - SOA

SOA is fairly mature in the federal marketplace, but implementation and conversion are still fragmented and incremental

Cloud computing will make the SOA sell easier• SOA makes it easier to analyze and assess the services and elements of the IT

architecture that make the best candidates for cloud computing

• Agencies will face challenges in on-boarding innovative solutions under stricter performance and budgetary pressures

SOA fundamentally changes how agencies acquire technology; they may struggle with the transition to operating in a “marketplace of services.”

SOA will force agencies to examine business processes, which could uncover new opportunities for integration• However, some labor-intensive systems integration practices will be replaced with

pre-configured templates and standards-based solutions

Cross-agency sharing of services enabled by SOA will present some competition to vendors

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Growth Will Come from Expanding Scope vs. Greenfield Opportunities


Recommendations – SOA

Be prepared to sell within a new economic/business model centered around plug-and-play service modules• Standardization will limit the proprietary features used for competitive advantage

Develop SOA-ready solutions to gain a competitive edge:• Pre-built SOA architecture solutions

• Business process management

• Assessment tools

• Education and training

Make SOA a technical and business case, especially in relation to cloud computing

Ensure that your solutions can be easily integrated within agencies’ existing and future SOA environments

Address the five roadblock to SOA: security, governance, change management , process management and project management

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