Organizations are pursuing both SOA and virtualization technologies simultaneously, and often in different departments. While SOA is of interest mainly at the business and technical levels, virtualization is principally the concern of datacenter management. Because these communities are often separated from each other in the organization, they are frequently driven by disparate goals. With this separation, organizations are then unable to ensure that these technologies meet business objectives.

This white paper discusses methods for implementing SOA and virtualization technology in a complementary manner. Learn how SOA and Service Oriented Infrastructure (SOI) can interoperate in a service-oriented way through their respective management tools when capacity, load balancing and optimal service placement needs arise. Explore the options available for achieving high levels of flexibility, using SOA and SOI technologies on virtualized platforms together.