It's Alive

This seems to be the analyst's reaction to the Burton Group's claim, that despite previous doubts, SOA is alive (see David Linthicum's coverage on this).

In talking to clients there does seem to be a tacit acceptance that SOA principles (rather than the technology) are the way forward. However, many do not want to mention the SOA word, perhaps out of fear that the idea will be seen as another (expensive) technology fix, rather than as a partial solution to some of the problems (high costs, unresponsiveness to business demands, lack of innovation) that currently plague enterprise IT.