April 05
Prof. Ismael H. F. Santos -  ismael@tecgraf.puc-rio.br                                                          2
SOA bridges the gap between the business and IT.
nThe business disaggregates its business process models downward toward the atomic business services layer. nIT aggregates software assets upward toward that layer using service-oriented integration. nThey meet in the middle and negotiate a consensus view of the necessary atomic business services.
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