238Patterns: Extended Enterprise SOA and Web Services
11.1 Business scenario
The business scenario implemented in this chapter is similar to that defined in
Chapter 10, “Exposed Direct Connection runtime pattern: generic profile” on
page 157, shown in Figure 11-1.
Figure 11-1 High-level business context of the scenario
Having exposed the retail and warehouse functions as services, the next step in
the SOA transformation for ITSO Good is to build an infrastructure that can
manage these services on an enterprise scale.
The SOA transformation for ITSO Good is a more strategic one driven by the
business requirement to align their IT services more ...
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