Oracle vs. SAP: The SOA factor

German business applications giant SAP AG is beating its chief rival, Oracle, in the battle for the hearts and minds of the service-oriented architecture (SOA) set -- for now at least -- and IBM is trouncing them both, in the opinion of one SOA expert.

Meanwhile, SOA adoption is slow, but there sure is a lot of SOA planning going on, according to new survey results.

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