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Attention on SOA Growing Among Western European Verticals, Says IDC

According to a recent IDC study, there is a growing interest in SOA adoption across Western European sectors. While adoption status and plans vary from industry to industry, banking, telecoms, and government are the top 3 sectors to watch. Nevertheless, information around SOA adoption in Western Europe is often fragmented and it might become difficult to get a clear vision of where the real SOA opportunities are.

"From our survey it appears clear that the SOA market is continuing to evolve as a wider range of industries are in the process of deploying this architectural approach. This means that there are new opportunities for IT vendors operating in the SOA sphere," said Angela Vacca, consulting manager, European Vertical Markets.

Survey results show that SOA understanding still appears to be quite low, with over half of the interviewed companies not familiar with this technology. However, IDC survey data confirms a growing interest in this technology.

In the banking industry, 25% of the respondents have an SOA solution that they are currently maintaining, 21% are currently developing SOA, and 27% have plans for the next 24 months.

The telecoms industry is among the most IT-intensive areas and telecoms companies usually lead the way in the use of innovative technologies. In SOA adoption the telecoms/media/transport/utilities sector is the fourth vertical in terms of current adoption and the second (after banking) in terms of short-term investment plans.

Meanwhile, government organization data shows that 18% of respondents have an SOA solution that they are maintaining, 8% are currently developing SOA, and a very healthy 26% of organizations have plans to invest in the next two years.

The survey shows that the main reason given for the adoption of SOA is improvement in the quality of IT systems (26%), while a similar percentage of respondents adopt SOA to lower IT operation costs.
IDC believes that understanding the business drivers currently drawing companies towards SOA is the best way to position on the Western European competitive arena for SOA IT vendors.

This study, The Evolution of SOA in Western European Vertical Markets, an IDC Survey, 2007 (IDC #M06P, November 2007), is one in a series of survey studies focusing on vertical industries in Western Europe and is an update to 2006 Western European Vertical Markets and SOA: An IDC Survey (IDC #M05N, December 2006). It draws on survey data from 2,077 companies with more than 20 employees in the top 5 Western European countries that were asked key questions about SOA. It deepens SOA familiarity, adoption, and future investment plans by industry, and gives SOA results for total Western Europe for the following vertical markets: banking, insurance and other finance, discrete manufacturing, process manufacturing, healthcare, TCU, retail/wholesale, business services, education, and government.

For more information on this report, contact:
Cinzia Rinelli
Marketing Manager,
IDC´s European Vertical Markets and Industry Insights
+39 02 28457 367

To purchase this document, please contact your local IDC office or visit www.idc.com.

The following SOA conferences will be held by IDC in May, for further details please contact Per Falkenius, pfalkenius@idc.com:
Stockholm, May 8
Amsterdam, May 22
Oslo, May 22
Copenhagen, May 27

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