Growing business complexities and information needs have prompted extensive use of complex software applications in almost every organizational function. These complex applications, from payroll to supply chain integration and customer relationship management, and running on heterogeneous technology infrastructure have exhausted the limits of traditional software architecture. Further, a shift in business orientation, i.e., from product to service calls for a better alignment of application architecture to the portfolio of services in order to maximize the utility of technology infrastructure. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) has emerged as the most promising solution to serve this purpose.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR B.Ravi Kumar Jain
Ravi Kumar Jain B holds an MBA degree (Finance) from Osmania University, Hyderabad and PGD ITM (E-commerce & EDI) from AIMA, New Delhi. He has worked as Assistant Professor in a B-school affiliated to Osmania University for four years in Hyderabad. Presently, he is working as a senior faculty member at Icfai Research Centre, Head quarters, heads Special projects team and also teaches at Icfai Business School, Hyderabad. He has presented several research papers in national and international conferences in India and abroad. He has got many of his articles published in several refereed journals. He has received an award, 'Researcher of the Year', from the Vice President of India, for the best contribution in an international conference on Enhancing Global Business Competitiveness in November 2004, at New Delhi. He has authored a book titled "Open Source Software: A Revolution in the Making" and has edited several books on the themes related to Internet and business management, the latest being "Internet Governance: An Introduction" and "IT Governance: An Introduction". His areas of interest include outsourcing, e-commerce, strategic management, technology in business and financial management.
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