Service-oriented architecture (SOA) has been hyped so much at this point that it has become inextricably associated with enterprise agility. As such, vendors of enterprise applications such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) software are quick to tout the SOA capabilities and benefits of their products.

Yet the reality is, many of these software vendors are using the term 'SOA' in a misleading sense. Read this white paper to learn what to look for when evaluating enterprise applications to ensure that deploying them will actually help your organization achieve the agility that SOA promises.