SOA Policy, Service Gateway, and SLA Management

The SOA Policy Solution

This chapter introduces the SOA Policy Solution by describing what it is, what it accomplishes, who uses it, and the business benefits it provides. The chapter examines the solution details, including an overview of the capabilities and the architecture, and several use cases that demonstrate how the SOA Policy Solution might typically be used.

This chapter contains the following topics:

•1.1, “Information about the SOA Policy Solution” on page 4

•1.2, “Business value: The business aspects of the solution” on page 6

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