Information systems innovation among organizations
Management Science
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Web Services and Service-Oriented Architecture: The Savvy Manager's Guide
Web Services and Service-Oriented Architecture: The Savvy Manager's Guide
Challenges of Adopting Web Services: Experiences from the Financial Industry
HICSS '05 Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Volume 07
Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design
Service-Oriented Architecture: Concepts, Technology, and Design
Horizontal and Vertical Factors Influencing the Adoption of Web Services
HICSS '06 Proceedings of the 39th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Volume 06
Strategies for effective web services adoption for dynamic e-businesses
Decision Support Systems
HICSS '07 Proceedings of the 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
The Impact of Service-Oriented Application Development on Software Development Methodology
HICSS '07 Proceedings of the 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Common Misconceptions about Service-Oriented Architecture
ICCBSS '07 Proceedings of the Sixth International IEEE Conference on Commercial-off-the-Shelf (COTS)-Based Software Systems
Service oriented architectures: approaches, technologies and research issues
The VLDB Journal — The International Journal on Very Large Data Bases
Using Enterprise Architecture Standards in Managing Information Technology
Journal of Management Information Systems
IBM business transformation enabled by service-oriented architecture
IBM Systems Journal
Electronic Commerce Research and Applications
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research
The Relationship between Service Oriented Architecture and Enterprise Architecture
EDOCW '10 Proceedings of the 2010 14th IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference Workshops
Unifying EA, BPM and SOA through a Synergestic Framework
CEC '11 Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE 13th Conference on Commerce and Enterprise Computing
Understanding the Economic Potential of Service-Oriented Architecture
Journal of Management Information Systems
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Service-oriented architecture (SOA) takes an architectural approach to designing and implementing IT solutions. Although it is fast emerging as one of the major architectural styles to execute enterprise architecture management, academic empirical research on SOA adoption is scarce, with most studies focusing on qualitative analysis. This study investigates organizational SOA adoption in South Africa and combines the perspectives of the diffusion of innovations theory and the technology-organization-environment framework into one comprehensive model of SOA adoption. In order to validate the research instrument and to gauge the state of SOA adoption, an online survey was conducted among enterprise architects in South African organizations. The survey provides insights in the perceived risks, obstacles but also expected benefits of SOA adoption. The results also highlight a number of factors significantly influencing SOA adoption in South Africa. Use of multiple standards and platforms, compatibility, top management support, good governance and strategy, adequate human and financial resources, vendor support for integration and development tools are all significant factors for a fruitful SOA implementation. Finally, all of the above adoption factors as well as cost and complexity were also found to correlate significantly with the degree of success of the SOA implementation as perceived by the IT or EA department.