It looks like OASIS is not the only organization calling for clarity on the concept of SOA. Industry analyst firm Macehiter Ward-Dutton also is doing so and released a report this week pertaining to SOA.Entitled “SOA: handle with care”, the report covers several findings:* The simplistic view of SOA being spread today is too short-sighted to address effective IT-business alignment and risks setting expectations that cannot be realized. * Current discussions on SOA focus on issues faced by developers working with Web services, instead of covering the whole picture.* Only a subset of SOA-related vendors are capable of providing an end-to-end, holistic approach covering software development as well as operational, commercial and business issues. With vendors focusing primarily on software development issues, SOA might stand for Something Altogether Ordinary, according to Macehiter Ward-Dutton. (Shouldn’t that be SAO? I checked the firm’s press statement and Something Altogether Ordinary is what it says.) InfoWorld also will put a spotlight on SOA, with its SOA Executive Forum events, the first being held in San Jose, Calif. on Thursday and a second to be held in New York City on May 17. Technology Industry