Network Management

Network management is incredibly difficult without the right tools. If the network management software your organisation uses cannot perform adequately and adapt to meet new requirements, then your entire network management system can be for nothing. Traditional software development makes it difficult for computer network management software to be quickly adapted to cater to new needs, but not all software design philosophies share this restriction to the same degree. Service oriented architecture (SOA) can create applications with great potential for flexibility. By using a collection of business processes together in order to function as a single application, the modular nature of service oriented architecture means that network management software can be added to with far less fuss than is necessary using traditional software design methods. If you are interested in learning more about service oriented architecture, please fill in our online registration form. For filling in our registration form, you will receive access to online guidebooks on the basics of SOA, provided by Oracle, one of the leaders in service oriented architecture. You will also be contacted by an Oracle representative to discuss the possibilities for your business to benefit from better network management software created on the principles of service oriented architecture.

How does service oriented architecture operate?

Rather than requiring software to be designed with a single focus in mind, most of the software present in an application designed with service oriented architecture in mind should be reusable. SOA uses services, which are interoperating modules of functionality dedicated to a specific business process. By using middleware to allow these services to communicate, an application can be formed based on functionalities rather than specific design. Essentially, SOA uses larger building blocks than traditional software development, allowing new applications to be created in a much shorter period of time.

How can service oriented architecture lead to more flexible network management software?

When you network management software needs more functionality, using traditional software design you would need to look at the entire piece of software to figure out how that new functionality can be implemented. Using service oriented architecture, network management software can instead have additional functionality added to it with ease. This is because adding new capabilities to network management applications with SOA can be as simple as finding the right services and then writing definitions in the middleware to take the new services into account. Even if the right service does not exist yet, development can be simpler, as you will be creating a service and relationship rather than changing the nature of an already existing piece of software.

Please remember to register using our online form if you are interested in learning more about service oriented architecture. This will give you access to online guidebooks explaining the basics of service oriented architecture, provided by Oracle, leaders in service oriented architecture. You will also be contacted by an Oracle representative to talk about the possibility of your business using service oriented architecture to create adaptable software for better network management.