SOA governance is an evolving concept that means different things to different people. ZapThink LLC Senior Analyst Ron Schmelzer divides it into three flavors: "Design-time governance," which ensures that when services are created they're consistent with rules and policies; "runtime governance," which makes sure that services in production are complying with rules and policies; and "change-time governance," which controls versioning.
SOA Software is a likely partner to fill in this missing piece from Microsoft's SOA offerings, Schmelzer says. Both do well among small and midsized businesses, and SOA Software addresses some areas where Microsoft hasn't been pushing. While this latest move should help improve integration between .NET and other SOA platforms, SOA Software doesn't command much of the SOA market today, Schmelzer says -- but the extended pact has the potential to move both companies up the food chain.
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