'Most organizations today have fragmented business processes where there are multiple systems involved, say for the HR department, and the other departments; with BPEL, these systems are tied together,' said Marriott. SOA enables organizations to cost-effectively build and manage composite applications and integration services.

'It's also very important that IT is integrated with the overall business strategy; the CIO should agree with the CEO as to what business initiative priorities should be,' said Marriot. Through SOA, there is opportunity for organizations to create more agile and adaptable IT and business infrastructures, cites an Oracle white paper.