Case Studies

Visualizing the possibilities of a process-centric, service oriented enterprise can be difficult when considering it in a vaccum. This page provides a compilation of case studies, intended to spur others toward the possibilities that SOA and BPM may hold for other organizations.

SOA Case Studies by Year (courtesy of Joe McKendrick’s blog)

Case Study Collections

Individual Case Studies

  • Boekhandels Groep Nederland - This Dutch book retailer has embarked upon an intriguing SOA initiative combined with RFID, an event-driven architecture, and CRM
  • El Paso County, CO - BPM and SOA have been employed to overhaul this Colorado county’s information systems
  • ING Card - Business agility use case illustrating streamlined integration along with more agile and cost efficient roll-out of new products and services
  • R.L Polk - This auto industry marketing data powerhouse, managed to get off the mainframe, while reducing costs and increase product time-to-market

Vendor Case Studies

  • BEA Case Studies - Successful SOA deployment using BEA including such clients as Toyota, Virgin Mobile, Covad, and HP
  • IBM Success Stories - Various SOA success stories from IBM clients
  • Oracle Case Studies - Three great case studies that illustrate how SOA delivered significant ROI based on reduced time and cost vs traditional integration techniques
  • Systinet Case Studies - Systinet (now owned by HP), has had several notable SOA successes, including Starwood Hotels, United States EPA, and Amazon.com