The pundits are still debating whether SOA lives or is already dead. See Joe McKendrick:
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(...)businesses need to get busy focusing on delivering services that fix a problem or deliver more value; and not get caught up in the idea of having some kind of an “SOA project.”
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SOA Market Predictions
While reading Joe McKendrick I asked myself: "Isn't anything SOA today?"
Business And SOA
IT And Business
Joe McKendrick asks: "SOA targets the business, but is the business sold on SOA?".
Trough Of Disillusionment
See Joe McKendrick about "SOA sinking into trough of disillusionment"
It's A SOA
Joe McKendrick quotes the Burton Group:
“Many of them had deployed multiple successful projects, but most of those projects were focused on just one integration problem,” Manes said. “It was just a bunch of Web services. … The service is only built for one application and it’s never going to be used again.”
Maybe it's sometimes just a question of will.
Help Me! - Part 2
Great post (some days ago) from Joe McKendrick about SOA rituals.
(Help Me Part 1 (sort of) is here)
The Benefits Of A SOA
A SOA has a lot of benefits.
Reuse is one of them. See Joe McKendrick.