Topics and tasks from the Fraunhofer FOKUS SOA Lab

• Integration of heterogeneous in house architectures concerning business processes based on the orchestration of services

• Interoperability of various platforms

• Tool supported coverage of business processes and mapping on various platforms

• Testing and evaluation of SOA solutions and interoperability scenarios based on in house tools and testbeds

• The combination of SOA with OMG’s model driven architecture for a completely automated connection between IT and business processes as well as guaranteeing the interoperability of upcoming SOA products and applications.

• Development of new business processes for telecommunications providers

• Development of new concepts for the orchestration of telecommunications services (feature interaction, delegation, composition)

• Definition and the role of service delivery platforms in SOA environments

The SOA Lab supports its clients from the public administration and telecommunications arenas by

• providing technical and organisational support for the realisation of a SOA

• choosing and implementing suitable methods and tools

through

• roadmap consultation and feasibility studies

• SOA tutorials

• proof of concept implementation

• interoperability and benchmarking tests for SOA solutions