There are two major business domain distribution aspects that should get the most attention
during the service-oriented business integration phase: alignment with business objectives and
technical awareness. First, the distribution of business tiers across continents and regions dictates
a unique integration scheme for services. Multiple geographic locations of a business require
proper service alignment with business goals and strategies. This means that service-oriented
business integration must adhere to the business domain distribution strictures.
Second, the distribution formations of organizational tiers will likely spur future technological
initiatives to accommodate these challenging business distribution needs. However, at this
stage the technical remedies are not the focus of attention. Nevertheless, the service integration
process should identify distribution risks and avoid unrealistic integration propositions that may
lead to unfeasible technological solutions.
What, then, are the common distribution integration concerns to be aware of while aligning
services with business domains? Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Maarten Van Steen described the
various challenges of implementing distributed system architectures in their book Distributed Systems:
Principles and Paradigms. According to Tanenbaum and Van Steen, we should be concerned
about methods of distribution, communications between assets, process efficiency, naming matters,
asset synchronization, consistency of operations, and replication of data.
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