<A HREF="http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/24436.wss">IBM announced the results of a client survey</A> that concludes that businesses around the world are quickly moving from the adoption phase of a service oriented architecture (SOA) strategy to the actual deployment of SOA technologies and services. According to the survey, the rate of SOA deployments is on the rise, an indication that business leaders are seeking the benefits of SOA for today's challenging business environments.

SOA is a business strategy that helps a company reuse existing technology to more closely align it with business goals, driving efficiencies, cost savings, productivity, and enabling the creation of more modular and global business designs. SOA has grown increasingly popular among businesses looking to accelerate cost savings and a return on investment (ROI). The survey was conducted for IBM by the Link Group and consisted of a sampling of 300 clients at the IBM IMPACT 2008 event, the industry's largest SOA conference, which drew nearly 6,300 technical and business leaders.