Architecture

Connecting IT to business

Ramboll’s SOA team consists of experienced architects and consultants who can help customers get the best possible start. They examine systems and business processes and prepare a realistic SOA strategy based on a recognised method, such as OIO EA.

Our consultants work according to a concept extending beyond the common SOA approach. For example, we conduct impact analyses that strengthen a company’s position in local markets, general development and service levels. This makes decision-makers’ work considerably easier.

SOA workshop

At an SOA workshop, our experts investigate our customer’s current situation to provide a report outlining the challenges and potential of SOA.

Open standards and clearly defined services

SOA is based on common, open standards and clearly defined services. It allows users who have the same standards to be easily connected through a particular service. The service can be accessed by any number of users, and can be reused as a partial service in other services. Our SOA solutions optimise the speed, simplicity, openness and security of an IT architecture.

Ramboll has implemented SOA projects for a variety of organisations and companies in Denmark. We develop SOA solutions on leading integration platforms, such as Microsoft and IBM.

Event-driven architecture

Event Driven Architecture (EDA) is an IT architecture that complements SOA and enables companies to define sequences of events across systems. It provides an efficient process that saves time and reduces errors.

EDA ensures dexterity. It provides data that enables companies to react promptly to current happenings. Every event in the company and its environment can be a basis for optimising business. EDA supports processes that run automatically each time a change occurs in one of the systems. For example, a purchase price change that results in new pricing, or receiving an order that starts up production.

SOA and EDA – what’s the difference?

SOA provides full control by creating a strong link between business processes. SOA is appropriate if a company’s architecture needs to be flexible, have well-defined interfaces to the outside world, and have strong governance.

EDA can supplement or replace SOA. This is an option if a company needs a more flexible link between business processes, or if the control required by SOA is not needed. Examples of these controls are inter-organisational business processes and internal/external devices. EDA may also be preferred if a company needs to collect data from across all business processes to support the decision-making process.