http://www.soamag.com The SOA Magazine is a monthly online publication provided by SOA Systems Inc. and Prentice Hall/PearsonPTR and is officially associated with the "Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl." SOA en-us http://www.soamag.com/I17/0408-2.asp Healthcare organizations today are challenged to manage growing portfolios of systems and applications. The cost of acquiring, integrating, and maintaining these systems is rising, while end-user demands are increasing. Furthermore, evolving clinical requirements need to be continually accommodated along with the required support for revenue cycle and administration business functions. In addition to all these factors, there are increased demands for enabling interoperability between other healthcare organizations to regionally support care delivery. SOA offers system design and management principles in support of the reuse and sharing of system resources across that are potentially very valuable to a typical healthcare organization. This two part article explores how healthcare organizations can leverage shared services to automate multiple business processes and strengthen overall interoperability while reducing the need to synchronize data between isolated systems. Services may be made available, no matter their location, to create solutions that reach beyond the desktop, the department, and the healthcare organization as a whole. (The SOA Magazine Issue XVII, April 2008) SOA http://www.soamag.com/I17/0408-2.asp#When:15.04.08 http://www.soamag.com/I15/0208-1.asp IT culture within the public sector has long been known to be unique. The responsibilities of managing a wide range of often critical public services establish a distinct set of priorities that can't be compromised, especially when it comes to a reliance on technology. SOA adoption has grown substantially in government agencies in federal, state, and local sectors. There is an increasing realization that the strategic benefits of service-orientation can help overcome many of the traditional cost and efficiency-related IT problems. This article introduces the recently developed Federal Enterprise Architecture reference models and explores how they have been applied in support of a major SOA initiative within a law enforcement agency. Topics covered range from service identification, service taxonomy, security issues, and common SOA infrastructure components required for government IT enterprises, including a specific enterprise service bus configuration termed as the "Hyper-ESB". Throughout this study, the importance of standardization and canonical data standards are constantly highlighted as a key success factor. (The SOA Magazine Issue XV, February 2008) SOA http://www.soamag.com/contributors/bio-gjuneja.asp#When:09.02.08