Gap Analysis: The Case for Data Services

Data services gather and integrate data from many different sources in real time, bridging gaps to create consolidated information views while hiding data source complexity from applications. A data service approach makes data access and integration scalable by streamlining development and maintenance, whether applications speak web services, SQL, or both. The broad, cross-functional scope of newer business applications, changing regulatory and security requirements, and the demanding, real-time nature of today's business interactions are making the roll-out of new Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) based applications exceptionally challenging.