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SOA is a blueprint or a framework of applications within an enterprise.
SOA mainly brings about business agility within the enterprise and maps IT agility to business agility. SOA is built on “business services” and thus the name Services Oriented Architecture (SOA)
SOA is useful for enterprises who typically find that IT is not flexible and agile enough with business demands. Generally, investment is need whenever there is a change in the business process happening; Enterprises also typically find that IT is not aligned well with business processes
SOA gives the answers to these problems. An SOA implementation will provide