Posted on Thursday, August 14th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
IT Business Edge
Open source service-oriented architecture may be an option for companies that have to tighten their purse strings in the current economy, LinuxWorld.com writer Mike Kavis says. It doesn’t require a huge cash commitment from upper management, and it allows for greater customization, even in the way it is implemented. He notes that the company can purchase an entire SOA stack from a single vendor, mix SOA components from different open source vendors or even mix open source components with proprietary ones.

