About SOA, SOAP, and Rest technologies Service-oriented architecture (SOA) What Is Service-Oriented Architecture? Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a style of software design where services are provided to the other components by application components, through a communication protocol over a network. Its principles are independent of vendors and other technologies. In service oriented architecture, a number of services communicate with each other, in one of two ways: through passing data or through two or more services coordinating an activity. This is just one definition of Service-Oriented Architecture. An article on Wikipedia goes into much more detail. Implementing Service-Oriented Architecture When it comes to implementing service-oriented architecture (SOA), there is a wide range of technologies that can be used, depending on what your end goal is and what you’re trying to accomplish. Typically, Service-Oriented Architecture is implemented with web services,