There is a lot of hype about service-oriented architecture (SOA), but what is it really about? SOA can help organizations boost business performance while reducing IT costs and enhancing the flexibility of business processes. By aligning business strategy and IT, SOA helps businesses progress toward high performance. Listen to Accenture's experts talking about the latest developments in SOA—and discover how they can help you achieve high performance: - Podcast: Service-oriented Architecture (SOA): The State of the Game
CIO's Bob Melk chats to David Nichols, SOA lead-Accenture, about the state of the service-oriented architecture market—what are the trends around implementation, where the market is headed and the importance of SOA governance.
- Podcast: Service-oriented Architecture and Business Process Management
Accenture's Jim Adamczyk talks to Bob Melk, associate publisher with CIO, about the benefits of implementing business process management as part of a service-oriented architecture. In this way, IT and the business can be better aligned to enable the agility that underpins high performance.
- Podcast: Accenture and Sun Microsystems Solutions: Secure Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
Bob Bragdon, publisher of CIO talks to Scott Rose, executive director-Accenture's Sun Microsystems Solutions, about the need for secure service-oriented architecture—and the solution Accenture has developed jointly with Sun.
- Podcast: Service-oriented Architecture--Rethinking Enterprise Architecture to Reach for High Performance
An expert from Accenture's Enterprise Architecture group, Moiz Mohammed argues that service-oriented architecture is not a new technology but should rather be seen as the latest stage in the evolution of information technology and business.
- Podcast: How to Get Started on the Service-oriented Architecture Journey to High Performance
In this fourth podcast in the CIO magazine series, Accenture's Paul Daugherty explains how to get started on the journey to service-oriented architecture while staying competitive and progressing toward high performance.
- Podcast: CEO on Board? Making the Case for Service-oriented Architecture
David Nichols, global SOA lead at Accenture, shares insights on why and how CIOs who see the value of service-oriented architecture can be successful in getting the support of their CEOs and the executive suite to apply an SOA approach at their organization for improved business performance.
- Podcast: The Impact of Service-oriented Architecture in the Banking
Jim Adamczyk, lead partner for service-oriented architecture (SOA) adoption in Accenture's financial services group, answers questions about how SOA can help the banks overcome their challenges and achieve high performance.
- Podcast: Unleashing the Potential of Service-oriented Architecture
Accenture's SOA global lead, David Nichols, answers some fundamental questions about the emerging phenomenon of service-oriented architecture (SOA).

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