According to Marriott, other than these two industries, the government is also a big SOA customer in APAC because of the various initiatives that these governments often take that are 'e-citizen'centric,' such as providing a single portal for transactions like renewing licenses and filing taxes. The manufacturing, retail, and distribution industry is also a primary target for Oracle's SOA solutions because of the powerful use SOA has for the industry, added Marriott.

'Telcos and financial institutions get the fastest return from SOA but this is not to say that small companies cannot take advantage of SOA -- they can, but it's the large companies that have a more complex environment, thereby posing greater need for SOA,' said Marriot.

Marriott presented how Oracle Fusion Middleware offers support for the development, deployment, and management of a service-oriented architecture. Key modules in the Oracle Fusion Middleware family include: Oracle Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) Process Manager; Oracle Enterprise Service Bus; Oracle Business Activity Monitoring; Oracle Web Services Manager; and Oracle Business Rules.