BERWYN, Pa.. March 4 -- IDS Scheer, the leading provider of business process management, today announced support for the OASIS SOA Reference Model used in tandem with ARIS SOA Architect. The structure and management of a business process-oriented service landscape requires close cooperation between specialized departments and IT within companies. IDS Scheer has leveraged its expanded methodology for Business-Driven SOA into developing comprehensive support for describing, planning and managing services -- designed specifically for this type of collaboration within an organization. The new methodology, based on the OASIS SOA Reference Model, categorizes services using business criteria with a concentration on those with the greatest strategic importance -- the end result is mitigation of risks within SOA projects.

OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) is a not-for-profit consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of open standards for the global information society. The consortium produces more Web services standards than any other organization along with standards for security, e-business, and standardization efforts in the public sector and for application-specific markets.

SOA projects are designed to help companies become more flexible to react efficiently to changes in the market. With the new reference model, these projects can now be achieved directly without moving from pillar to post because the development and management of the services work in conjunction with the relevant business unit. The technical specification of individual services within a SOA is a new feature and it ensures the continuing provision of target-oriented service development in IT and subsequent service reuse.

This methodology is fully integrated into ARIS SOA Architect. Existing models for describing IT landscapes and web services can be reused, thus securing investments and enabling service orientation and Enterprise Architecture measures to work together. ARIS SOA Architect reduces implementation costs considerably because redundant implementations within a service are compiled, thereby producing an efficient service architecture. If a service fails, alternative implementations can be identified with ease.

Wolfram Jost, member of the executive board with responsibility for product strategy and development of IDS Scheer, comments: “ARIS SOA Architect ensures that there is an overall business-oriented approach. Service descriptions are now purposely aimed at the requirements of specialist departments and organization experts, who can now assist in the design of the service-oriented company and realize the full potential of a SOA. SOA is becoming a key driving force for the sustainable improvement of a company’s entire business performance.”

For more information on the OASIS SOA Reference Model, visit www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=soa-rm.

About IDS Scheer

IDS Scheer is the market leader in business process management (BPM) software, solutions and services for corporations and public organizations worldwide. With its unrivaled ARIS Platform for Process Excellence, the company offers an integrated, comprehensive solution portfolio for the strategy, design, implementation and controlling of business processes. Utilizing the ARIS Value Engineering (AVE) approach, IDS Scheer consultants bridge the gap between corporate strategy, business processes, IT solutions and process controlling. As a Global SAP Services Partner, strategic SAP development partner and SAP Vertical Solution Reseller, IDS Scheer offers small/medium enterprises to Global 1000 companies a process-oriented approach to optimize Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Approximately 3,000 employees in over 70 countries serve the company’s 7,000 customers. In 2007, IDS Scheer’s revenues reached 394 million Euro / $576 million (preliminary figures). Established in 1984 by Prof. August-Wilhelm Scheer, IDS Scheer is listed in the TecDAX on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Germany). For more information, visit www.ids-scheer.com/us.

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Source: IDS Scheer