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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
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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
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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.
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INPUT Survey: Agencies Perceive These Technology Solutions As High Impact
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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
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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
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SOA Trends and Issues
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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
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INPUT Survey: Stage of Implementation/Use of SOA
Source: INPUT survey
n=37
Margin of Error: +/-3%
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INPUT Survey: Primary Driver of SOA Adoption
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Source: INPUT survey
n=89
Margin of Error: +/-6%
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INPUT Survey: Primary Obstacle to SOA Adoption
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Source: INPUT survey
n=89
Margin of Error: +/-5%
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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
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INPUT Survey: Plans for Obtaining/Sustaining SOA
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Source: INPUT survey
n=89
Margin of Error: +/-6%
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SOA Implementations
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Source: INPUT
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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%
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Conclusions and Recommendations
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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
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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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Q&A
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