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SOA vs. EDA: Is Not Life Simply a Series of Events?

Confluent

I will attempt to articulate in layman’s terms what an event-driven architecture (EDA) is and contrast it with service-oriented architecture (SOA). Philosophy aside and back to technology, this is ultimately a discussion about SOA vs. EDA, or in other words, API vs. events. Augmenting SOA with EDA can overcome these restrictions.

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10 IT skills where expertise pays the most

CIO

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is an architectural framework used for software development that focuses on applications and systems as independent services. Because of this, NoSQL databases allow for rapid scalability and are well-suited for large and unstructured data sets.

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Microservices vs Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA): Fundamental Differences

Daffodil Software

With increasing complexity and demand for highly scalable and robust applications, conventional monolithic architecture is no longer the best choice. After a certain threshold, monolithic architecture tends to hinder application performance and scalability.

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SOA vs microservices: going beyond the monolith

CircleCI

Modern software development increasingly relies on distributed , service-based architectural patterns to achieve scalability, reliability, and rapid build, test, and release cycles. Two of the most popular service-based approaches are service-oriented architecture (SOA) and microservices. What is service-oriented architecture?

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The future of Cloud-native software development with Radius

Xebia

Ever increasing complexity To overcome these limitations, we transitioned to Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). SOA decomposed applications into smaller, independent services that communicated over a network. Each Microservice focused on a specific business function and could be independently developed, deployed, and scaled.

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Dion Hinchcliffe's Web 2.0 Blog

SOA as 'iTunes for business': interesting analogy | Service-Oriented Architecture | ZDNet.com. SOA as 'iTunes for business': interesting analogy: [link] More than an analogy methinks. SOA can get there w/change. HotPads Shows the True Cost of Hosting on Amazon | High Scalability. More on this soon. from [link].

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Evolution of Software Architecture: From Monoliths to Microservices and Beyond

Dzone - DevOps

Following this, we explore the emergence of Service-Oriented Architecture ( SOA ), a paradigm shift that underscores service reuse and interoperability. The narrative progresses to the rise of microservices architecture, a fine-grained approach building on the principles of SOA but with a greater emphasis on independence and scalability.