
IBM announced new software and services to help organizations ensure quality of their service oriented architecture. An SOA is a business strategy that enables a company to more closely align and reuse existing technology to achieve business goals.
<A HREF="http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21226.wss">The new IBM SOA quality management portfolio</A>--which includes Rational, Tivoli, and WebSphere software as well as new technology services--will help improve the overall quality of technology in an SOA before it is deployed.