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world that we create to simulate reality is made up of two major elements: (1) the landscape
that ???glues??? all pieces together; meaning the environment that empowers and executes services
and (2) the services that communicate, interact, and exchange information to provide business
value. Moreover, a virtual world can effectively simulate a heterogeneous computing landscape by
treating software assets as equal partners in a modeling endeavor. This effect is called federated
modeling.
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The visualization process that we pursue enables us to model relationships, structures, and
behaviors of services that would provide satisfying solutions to organizational problems. These
goals can be achieved by fostering asset reusability, promoting a loosely coupled computing
environment, and resolving interoperability challenges across organizations.
METAMORPHOSIS. The business environment that we all share is a dynamic market that keeps
evolving and changing direction and also influences technological trends and application development.
This vibrant business landscape often dictates alterations to a service??™s behavior, structure,
and relationship to its environment during its life span. These modifications typically start at a
service??™s inception, when it manifests as an intangible entity??”an idea??”and then continue as
the service evolves into a physical software asset that executes business functionality in production.
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