Difference between soa and esoa

[Former Member]

Hi,

What is the difference between SOA AND ESOA.

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Abhay

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

SOA is an idea of creating composite apllications based on reusable building blocks using open standards like Web Services, WSDL, SOAP, UDDI.

SOA is more technical, ESOA (former ESA - Enterprise Service Architecture) created by SAP is more business focus.

Composite applications are created based on Enterprise Services and Business Objects.

Enterprise Services are web services with business value and are reusable parts of business processes.

Enterprise Services Repository - part of SAP NetWeaver is central point of ESOA and starting point for creating applications.

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Krzysztof Ziemba