Continuing his discussion about SOA vendors’ misguided focus, David Linthicum asserts that integration is indeed important. “You bet it is. But it’s not architecture, it’s a part of architecture … the more holistic concept is architecture and you can’t do integration without understanding the architectural context,” he writes in Part 2: SOA Vendors focus too much on integration and not enough on architecture. Linthicum suspects that, based on past reactions, this notion won’t be welcomed by most SOA vendors. Follow this link to Part 1. Technology Industry